49 artists will be selected to design reproducible artworks, with 10 copies of each design to be produced. The total of 49 designs (each produced in an edition of 10) will be kept and sold in a special display in the physical shop of Museo delle Città del Mondo.

What does it mean to narrate a city? A smell, a colour, a square, a historical wound, a daily ritual.

From Tokyo to Lagos, from Naples to Buenos Aires, every city is a manifold of signs, cultures, architectures, tensions and identities. Like a contemporary Wunderkammer, Curio-cities: 49 cities x

49 drawers is a container that collects and protects urban stories made of matter, memory and form.

Each drawer is like a display case, a box, an archive: relics, symbols, scraps, miniatures, impressions and images that give back a fragment, a detail, the soul of cities as in a disorderly but fascinating atlas.

A mobile-museum of contemporaneity made of editions, ready to be touched, bought, collected.

OPEN CALL

On the occasion of the forthcoming opening of the Museo delle Città del Mondo (Museum of World Cities) at the Convento dei Crociferi in Via Maqueda 206 in Palermo, Farm Cultural Park is launching an open call aimed at emerging Italian and international artists.

49 artists will be selected to design reproducible artworks inspired by the theme of Cities of the World. Each design will be produced in a limited edition of 10 copies by our production team.

The works must be reproducible, saleable and sustainable, and must physically fit within the project's standard dimensions: 25.5 x 12 x 50 cm (maximum dimensions of the drawer that will house each artwork).

The 49 designs produced (each in an edition of 10) will be kept and sold in a special display in the physical shop of Museo delle Città del Mondo.

WHAT WE OFFER

- A production budget of approximately €100 per selected artist (from a total budget of €5,000). This budget will be used by us to produce your design on-site.
- A sales arrangement with 40% of the sale price going to the artist, 40% reinvested in the project, and 20% for administrative and curatorial work.
- Visibility within a museum context dedicated to urban cultures and visions.

TO WHOM IT IS ADDRESSED

Emerging Italian and international artists

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Send by 13th June your project containing:

- Concept, visual draft or mock-up of your reproducible artwork design
- Artistic CV and short biography (max. 1 page)
- Technical sheet with planned materials, print run and production method

 DATES

Opening of entries: 13th May 2025
Closing of entries: 13th June
Announcement of winners: 18th June
Presentation of results of winning projects: 5th July 2025

SELECTION

A curatorial committee will select the 49 projects most consistent with the theme, mission and technical criteria.
The world is full of cities: which one will you carry in your drawer?

Important Details

Rights to artwork: Artists retain full ownership of their designs. We will only produce 10 copies for this project.

Payments: Royalty payments made every six months. Any transfer fees are the artist's responsibility.

Production: Any artwork type accepted, but must fit within the provided drawer measurements.

Artist credit: The display is located in the museum shop. Each drawer will have a printed label with artwork and artist information.

Protection of designs: Artists submit mockups and information sheets initially. Selected artists will then be contacted with contracts before providing production files. Unselected artworks will not be produced.