Science Gallery Bengaluru exhibition call

Science Gallery Bengaluru, India, is calling for project proposals for the upcoming hybrid exhibition-season on the theme INTELLIGENCE, held in Bengaluru and online.

INTELLIGENCE is an invitation to think beyond singular, human-cantered, or claims around machine intelligence. They invite a mirror, a provocation, and curiosity to reimagine intelligence— biological, artificial, creative, collective, and poetic.

For this exhibition-season, they are looking to work with individuals or groups—preferably from across career and disciplinary backgrounds—who are critically exploring intelligence in its diverse forms through research and art in both the contemporary and historical context. They seek applications that are artistic or scientific inquiries, or both.

They are looking for both existing and new projects that match Science Gallery’s core aim: to Connect, Participate, and Surprise. Relevance to the core audience of 15-30 year olds is important. They invite proposals that may be completely physical, completely digital/online or are physical with a digital or online component.

Science Gallery’s approach is trans-disciplinary so they accept projects from highly diverse disciplines that could include art-works, video, performance, poetry, craft, sound, web-based work, socially engaged work, live experimentation, design, sharing of data from social science, medical, or natural science research.

Science Gallery Bengaluru is also accepting proposals for public programmes in the lead up to and during the exhibition. This could include a film-festival, city walk, hands-on-workshop, talk series, theatre, dance, puppetry, stand-up/ open-mic/ improv, and a master class.

Support

Projects supported via the Open Call for the exhibition can typically be funded by Science Gallery Bengaluru up to 3,00,000 INR (including all costs, artist fees, materials, equipment, shipping, travel and taxes). Public programme proposals can typically be funded up to 1,00,000 INR.

INTELLIGENCE exhibition at Science Gallery Bengaluru application guidelines

Deadline: 5 March 2026