Galeria 5a ao sul invites international artists to submit works for our inaugural digital exhibition, "The Self as Interface".

We are seeking contemporary, digital, and post-digital proposals that critically explore how subjectivity, identity, and the human body are mediated, translated, and reconstructed through screens and code.

Selected artists will feature in an immersive 3D virtual exhibition, receive a dedicated website feature with an exclusive interview, and be published in our official exhibition catalogue with an international ISBN via Amazon Publishing.

About the Gallery

5a ao sul is an international, online, and borderless contemporary art gallery. This is a space where creation emerges from visual culture, post‑digital aesthetics, and transmedia narratives that shape the artistic sensibility of our time.

As we prepare our first exhibition, we open this site as a living threshold: a place for artists and audiences who explore hybrid languages, critical practices, and new forms of digital presence.

Here, image, sound, code, performance, and text intersect to expand what we understand as contemporary artistic experience.

The gallery is taking shape — and the light has already begun.

The Concept: The Self as Interface

For our inaugural exhibition, Galeria 5a ao sul invites artists to submit works exploring the theme “The Self as Interface.”

In an era shaped by ubiquitous computing, algorithmic mediation, and continuous digital presence, the boundaries of subjectivity have shifted.

The body is no longer where the self ends; instead, the self is projected, fragmented, and reconstructed through screens, data, and code.

We seek artworks that critically engage with how identity, memory, and intimacy are translated into digital environments.

How do we inhabit the screen? How does the post‑digital landscape reshape our physical and psychological sensitivity?

We welcome contemporary artworks that challenge traditional boundaries, exploring hybrid languages and new transmedia narratives.

Eligible Mediums

We accept contemporary art submissions with a primary focus on digital and post‑digital practices. Eligible formats include:

• Digital Imagery and Photography
• Video Art and Moving Image
• Interactive Digital Art (submitted as still frames)
• Documentation of Transmedia Performances

Note: As the gallery operates entirely online, we do not handle or exhibit physical artworks.

What Selected Artists Receive

Galeria 5a ao sul is committed to providing high‑level curatorial and editorial value. Selected artists will receive:

1. 3D Virtual Exhibition

Artworks curated and displayed inside an immersive 3D virtual space (powered by Kunstmatrix) for one full month.

2. Official Catalogue

Inclusion in the exhibition’s official catalogue, published with an international ISBN via Amazon Publishing (available globally in both Print and Kindle formats).

3. Digital Presence

A dedicated news feature on our website including an exclusive interview and the curatorial text that will also appear in the official catalogue.

4. Certificate of Participation

An official digital certificate validating the artist’s selection.

5. Zero Commission

The gallery does not charge any commission on sales. Any commercial inquiries from collectors will be forwarded directly to the artist.

6. Social Media Promotion

Daily promotion on the curator’s Instagram account @selma_pereira_ (3351 followers), with individual highlights for each selected artist.

Submission and Exhibition Fees

• Submission: Free
• Exhibition Fee (only if selected):
• €25.00 for 1–2 selected artworks
• €35.00 for 3 selected artworks

This contribution supports the gallery’s technological infrastructure, production, and international promotion.

Key Dates

• Open Call Launch: 2 July 2026
• Submission Deadline: 10 August 2026 (23:59 GMT)
• Selection Notification: 18 August 2026
• Exhibition Launch: 1 September 2026 — 30 September 2026

About the Curator

Selma Eduarda Pereira is an artist, researcher, curator, and university lecturer.

Her work has been exhibited internationally across Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, Greece, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan, Macau, and South Korea, reflecting a sustained engagement with diverse cultural and artistic contexts.

Her artistic and research practice explores digital media articulated with textile processes and other tangible materials, investigating hybrid materialities and post‑digital aesthetics.

She holds a Ph.D. in Digital Media Art, publishes regularly in international journals, and exhibits continuously — with recent presentations at the CICA Museum (South Korea, 2024) and House of Smalls (Edinburgh, 2024).
As a curator, she has developed projects for The Wrong Biennale (2020, 2023, 2025), creating virtual pavilions dedicated to contemporary digital art.