Human Machine Fellowship
In cooperation with the E.ON Foundation’s VISIT artist-in-residence programme and the E-WERK Luckenwalde, the JUNGE AKADEMIE awards up to four fellowships annually to emerging international artists from all disciplines on the theme of “Human Machine”. The focus is on art projects at the interface of ecology and digital technologies such as artificial intelligence.
The programme was founded in 2020 and will be extended for another three years in 2026, expanding to include new formats and partners in Europe.
The programme supports artists who enable new ways of thinking, narratives and approaches to the world in the context of the theme, questioning dualisms such as the “artificial” and the “natural”, and exploring urgent aspects of today’s societies and the planet.
The fellowships are endowed with 20,000 euros, including project funds for travel and art production. Studios are available to fellows at the E-WERK Luckenwalde and the Akademie building on Hanseatenweg.
An exhibition featuring the current fellows takes place in autumn 2025 at the E-WERK Luckenwalde, along with a symposium at the Akademie der Künste. The jury for 2025 comprised Anh-Linh Ngo, vice-president of the Akademie der Künste, architectural publicist, curator, and editor-in-chief; Pia-Marie Remmers, curator at Haus am Waldsee; Tiara Roxanne, artist and researcher; Sinthujan Varatarajah, author and scientist; and Laura Helena Wurth, art critic and curator.
More information about the programme and the 2026 application process is now available.