Indonesian Contemporary Art and Design (ICAD) 15 invites you to submit your concept with a focus on the theme “Earth Society”.

The works in Earth Society are context driven. With a focus on Southeast Asia, it offers both local, regional, and global perspectives on today’s loss of liveable space, due to environmental factors from climate change to land exploitation, and sociopolitical movements such as war and genocide. Earth Society is not merely a campaign for a greener planet, or for peace. Instead, it is a process of confronting the difficult question: how do we untangle our already-complex relationship with the earth through sustainability, care and collectivity, that are more than just visions?

Indeed, this 15th edition is a marker of change, where participants from diverse backgrounds—art, design, science, ecology, architecture, and beyond— are welcome. Yet, the curatorial team seeks those who creatively engage with the idea of collectivity, and who explore sustainability in its more complex sense—not only ecological, but looking into how we may live together. Afterall, the future cannot be imagined in silos—it must be built collectively.

To learn the details on each focus, please download the full curatorial framework here.