Open Call Closed
Awareness 2025: Unselfing
Multidisciplinary Exhibition / Gathering
Deadline: 8 Sep. 2025
Notifications by: 14 Sep. 2025
“Unselfing” is the quiet act of stepping beyond ego—the dissolving of the ‘I’ into presence, perception, or something larger than self.
In a world saturated by distraction and disconnection, Awareness: Unselfing invites us to turn inward — to remember what is ever-present but often unseen: our awareness.
This fifth chapter of the Awareness series explores the unfolding of consciousness as a spiritual journey. The exhibition seeks to showcase works that serve as a portal — a mirror — drawing the viewer back into contact with the core existence of our being. Not the constructed self of story and identity, but the quiet, spacious awareness that underlies all experience.
What remains when thought falls silent?
This exhibition is not a linear descent, but a spiral—a return. A dissolving. An unselfing. It maps the inner planes where lucid awareness reveals itself not as something we have, but as what we are.
Open Call for Artists
Awareness: Unselfing
A multidisciplinary exhibition on awareness, ego dissolution, and the space beyond self
Deadline: 8 Sep. 2025
Exhibition Dates: Nov. 2025 TBA
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Disciplines Accepted: Visual art, installation, sound, performance, moving image, writing, interactive/participatory works
– About the Theme
This exhibition invites artists working across disciplines to explore themes of consciousness, identity, the dissolution or loosening of the self, mindfulness and the awareness of pure existence. How do we depict the moment before thought? The space where ego slips? The field of awareness that remains?
We welcome submissions that engage with:
- The layers and shifts of consciousness
- States of awareness, presence, or inner clarity
- The dissolution or loosening of the ego/self
- The liminal space between self and other
- Spiritual or meditative practice as creative inquiry
- Art as a tool for introspection, surrender, or transcendence
Works may be conceptual, experiential, immersive, meditative, or intimate. Proposals incorporating audience participation or non-traditional formats are encouraged.
– Who Can Apply
Artists, performers, writers, thinkers, and interdisciplinary practitioners from all backgrounds and levels of experience are welcome. Collaborative projects are also encouraged.