Ars might be longa and vita brevis; but curatorial deadlines are brevissima.
Pimlico Wilde LA invites applications for its inaugural open call, seeking projects that expand, fracture, or otherwise interrogate the notion of the exhibition as both eventum and apparatus. This is not an “open call” in the colloquial sense, but rather a vocatio ad artes , a summons to those who operate within the liminal zones of practice and meta-practice.
The forthcoming exhibition , Forma Nullius: Towards a Post-Disciplinary Horizon , asks: What remains of form once it is declared empty?
Contributions may address, though need not resolve, the interstitial relationship between absence and plenitude, object and trace, gesture and governance.
Eligibilitas Generalis
• Open to practitioners at all career stages, from emergent to emeritus.
• For mental health reasons applicants must provide evidence of at least one successful prior engagement with “the void,” broadly construed.
• While MFA, PhD, or ThD are welcomed, autodidacts will be considered provided they can demonstrate knowledge of at least two dead languages.
• Nota bene: Submissions by collectives are permitted, but collectives must submit proof of horizontal decision-making signed by a notary or parish priest.
Requisita Submissio
1. CV , no fewer than 7 pages, no more than 77; all fonts must be seriffed.
2. Artist Statement , 12,000 , 13,000 words, preferred in the conditional subjunctive (modus potentialis). References to Hegel, Benjamin, or Foucault are compulsory; footnotes in Latin strongly encouraged.
3. Documentation of Works , accepted formats: JPEG, PDF, lithograph, or wax seal.
4. Application Fee , $6 USD, payable via digital tithe. Fee waived for those who can demonstrate residency in a liminal zone (border, threshold, or metaphysical).
Artifices Confirmati
• Herman Sprekenzi, a German performance artist currently living in a barrel in Glendale.
• An unnamed heiress who will exhibit nothing but the absence of her presence.
• The “Monastic Noise Choir,” twelve cloistered monks who refuse to perform in unison.
• Equus maximus Palatinus, a horse, returning for his second major exhibition.
Quid Praebetur
• Exhibition in Pimlico Wilde LA’s main hall (atrium), a former auto body shop reimagined as “non-site.”
• A trilingual catalogue (English, Latin, Glossolalia) with essays printed on sustainably foraged papyrus.
• A $20 honorarium, payable in cryptocurrency subject to fluctuation downwards.
• Critical exposure: every selected artist will receive a 14-minute interview/ conversation with our CEO Jules Carnaby.
Tempus Fugit
• Deadline for applications: Pridie Kalendas Novembres, A.D. MMXXV (Ides of December).
• Notification: Nonis Decembribus (December 5, 2025).
• Exhibition opening: April. Hopefully before the next economic downturn.
To Apply:
Submit materials to our email, with the subject line:
“Fiat ars, pereat mundus.”
