Culture, communities and territories shaped by Media Arts are the subjects under analysis at ARTECH 2025, the 12th International Conference on Digital and Interactive Arts. Organized by the Communication and Society Research Centre (CECS) of the University of Minho in Braga (Portugal), the conference will take place between November 26 and 28 this year to promote the interest in the current digital culture and its intersection with art and technology as an important research field, but also as a common space for discussion and exchange of new experiences.

Until June 30, the initiative promotes an open call for artists, academics, authors and researchers from all areas to submit artworks or articles related to digital art, art installations, interactive art or multimedia art. The aim is to find new proposals to integrate the conference's current programme - in the case of artworks, these will be part of the event's virtual exhibition (audiovisual). Artworks submitted for the exhibition must include a short paper and a detailed descriptive video in HD MP4 format, lasting up to 4 minutes (with optional English subtitles). Alongside the article, a permanent link to the descriptive video must be submitted. 

With no limit to the form of expression and creativity of each project, the topics to be explored could cover areas such as:
• AI and Art
• Art, Science and Sustainability
• Art and Science Theory
• Art and Technology
• Audio-Visual and Multimedia Design
• Creativity Theory
• Design and Data Visualization
• Digital Art Cultures
• Digital Art Communities
• Digital Art Territories
• Digital Games
• Digital Storytelling
• Digital Technologies and Making
• e-Learning in Art and Media Studies
• Electronic Music
• Generative and Algorithmic Art & Design
• Gesture Interfaces
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Immersive Art
• Interactive Art
• Interactive Systems for Artistic Applications
• Interaction Design
• Interfaces
• Media Art History
• Web Art and Digital Culture
• Digital Media, Apps and eBooks
• Digital Preservation
• Parametric Design
• Praxis and Poesis
• STEAM Education
• Sustainability and Bioremediation Activism
• Tangible Interfaces
• Technology in Art Education
• Virtual and Augmented Reality

In addition to the virtual exhibition mentioned above, the conference programme will include keynote speakers by eminent specialists/artists, oral presentations of the contributed papers, videos and posters. The International Scientific and Artistic Committee, responsible for evaluating the proposals submitted, will be composed by experts in various disciplines.

The authors of the selected works (including essays describing the best art installations) will be invited to submit extended versions to one of the following journals: ROTURA – Journal of Communication, Culture and Arts, Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts, E-Journal of Intercultural Studies, International Journal of Education through Art and Poetics – Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, the Media and the Arts.

The open call ends on June 30. More information is available at ARTECH 2025.