What does it mean to build within systems that are already alive? What forms of intelligence move through water, soil, biological networks, and data? How are we already prototyping the futures we inhabit?
Protoyping Futures of Making brings together artists whose practices engage water, data, and living systems as sites of construction, relation, and consequence. At a moment when AI/Data Infrastructures depend on vast quantities of water and land, this exhibition asks what it means to build within systems that are already alive. Trees transmit through root and fungal networks, rivers carry memory and contamination, and natural systems register signals that exceed human language, while computational systems abstract, store, and intensify data, intelligence, and flows of operation.
Drawing from contemporary developments in material ecology and interdisciplinary design, including frameworks advanced by Neri Oxman and curatorial perspectives shaped by Paola Antonelli at the Museum of Modern Art, the exhibition foregrounds practices that move beyond fabrication toward growth, co-production, and interspecies collaboration.
These questions are reflected in the practice of our 2027 juror, Lisa B. Woods, whose work moves across art, technology, ecological systems, and interdisciplinary research. We are pleased to welcome her as juror for Prototyping Futures of Making: Water, Data, and Living Systems.
The Jurors will prioritize work that closely addresses issues and solutions on this topic.
Jurors are Lisa B. Woods and Leah Dalton, curator of physical exhibition at The 109 Gallery in Chickamauga, GA.
WEAD (Women Eco Artists Dialog) will accept work in all media, including sound or videos.
The show will have:
- a catalog
- artist presentations on zoom
- a panel with thoughtful dialog
- awards will be given
To participate in the physical show in Gallery 109 in Georgia, see entry instructions below.
All women-identified artists, non-binary, and trans-identified artists are welcome to become members and apply.
PLEASE read the Entry Instructions to prepare your entry.
Entry Instructions
- Number of pieces: 1 - 3
- Only one entry per artist
- Maximum file size: 50MB per image
- Accepted file types: JPG, MP4, PDF, PNG
Statements
STATEMENT SPECIFIC TO ENTRY - MAXIMUM: 530 characters: This is your artist's statement FOR THIS SHOW. How does your artwork express this theme? This statement will be used in the catalogue.
The application will use your artist profile from your Entrythingy profile. Please make sure it is up to date. A statement interpreting your work is important since WEAD serves an educational mission.