Science Gallery Network
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The Science Gallery Network is an international collaboration of leading universities dedicated to public engagement through interdisciplinary art-science initiatives. As a Network, we seek to change the world through youth-led perspectives, igniting conversations and collaborations, to support young people to find connection, hope and agency through curiosity and creativity. We will achieve this as a global platform with a critical mass of public venues and digital spaces engaging millions of people.
Open Calls
Each open call runs for 3 - 8 weeks. Ready your submission at least a few days before the deadline to ensure you have no technical difficulties and can have any queries answered in advance. The submission form closes automatically on the last day, and late submissions will not be accepted.
Most Open Calls are run by individual locations in the Network (Atlanta, Bengaluru, Berlin, Dublin, London, Melbourne, Monterrey, and Rotterdam). Be sure to reach out directly to the correct location that has launched the call for any queries about their process. If the call is run by multiple locations simultaneously, a specific contact will be provided on the call page. Contact information for questions can always be found on an individual Open Call page. Review process dates are clearly published, and results are communicated shortly thereafter.
Technical difficulties with the application forms should be addressed to Submittable directly.
About
We seek proposals for a multilingual film which tells the story of the intricate role played by science and engineering in making Bengaluru the city we know today. We encourage filmmakers to pitch ideas that involve a layered and multidisciplinary interpretive approach. They should be deeply rooted in the city, evoking its sense of place through well-defined visual language. We discourage chronicles, didactic, and purely information-driven documentation.
Bengaluru, over the years, has been variously recognised as Garden City, Space City, IT City or Pub City. Underlying each of these identities is an affinity for scientific research that continues to define the city and its global presence. Who were the people setting up the city’s many pioneering research institutions? Which fields came to be studied here? What is the context in which significant moments of science happened in the city? Who are the communities—scientific and non-scientific—keeping this culture of scientific enquiry alive? How is science capital distributed across the different sections of its citizens? What relationship have Bangaloreans developed with the human, social and natural sciences? How has the city been characterised by its long engagement with the sciences?
Proposals will be shortlisted based on: relevance to the subject; creative engagement with the film form and narratives; clear communication of perspective, position and core arguments; considered treatment including the linguistic, cultural and gender diversity of the city; the filmmaker’s past work and their interest in this story; research parameters; and budgetary specifications.
Key dates
- Call opens: 13th June
- Call closes: 30th June
- Shortlist: 14th July
- Launch: 7th December
Allocation of funds
The shortlisted filmmaker will be provided with a commissioning grant of 12 Lakh INR. The funds will be allocated in three stages:
- Story Development - 25%
- Shooting on the field - 25%
- Final Cut - Post production - 50%