FluxusMuseum Prize
For Experimental Video 2026
Application Deadline: January 16th 2026 midnight GMT
What is FluxusMuseum
FluxusMuseum is housed in the main section of the old marble factory by the yacht harbour of Parikia, on the Cycladic island of Paros, Greece. It is a place to explore a thread of ideas about life and to be inspired by our unlimited capacity for invention. FluxusMuseum currently operates as a gallery space, cinema and digital print workshop.
About The Prize
FluxusMuseum Prize for Experimental Video is now in its third year.
Over the duration of this year’s prize, €45,000 will be given to participants, with a portion used to support the development of their projects, a fee provided to selected artists for their participation in the exhibition, and the remainder awarded as prizes at the exhibition’s end.
The application and selection process for this year’s prize reflects FluxusMuseum’s commitment to fostering a participatory community, where audiences, artists, and curators collectively shape the dialogue around experimental video. Applicants are invited to submit a video proposal, which can be an excerpt or presentation, of up to three minutes in length. A panel will shortlist 100 videos, which will then be uploaded to FluxusMuseumTV—our new experimental streaming platform—where FMTV users will participate in the judging. Participating artists will receive €100 at this stage. From these, 10 finalists will be awarded €1000 each to develop their proposal, which will be exhibited as part of the FluxusMuseum Prize for Experimental Video 2026 exhibition. Another €1000 will be paid to each of the exhibited artists on submission of the finished work. At the end of the exhibition in October 2026, €15,000 will be distributed amongst the winner and runners-up.
FluxusMuseum encourages applications across art forms, whether you’re a visual artist, dancer, performance artist, film maker, animator, writer, actor, musician or none of the above, we look forward to considering your proposals.
We welcome all proposals which are in the experimental spirit of Fluxus, but not in any way bound by any particular understanding of Fluxus; proposals do not need to reference Fluxus directly in any way. In our selection process we focus on the experimental and anomalous; works deviating from the expected norms of narrative structure; works with originality, strong visual style and fresh spirit.
Your Proposal
We welcome works in progress as proposals for this new work. There are no submission fees. We require you to submit:
- 1 video clip up to 3 minutes in length. This might be: a sketch of the proposed work, a cut from a completed work that you are proposing development of, or even you explaining the idea to camera.
The finished work you are proposing must:
- Be a single channel film able to be shown on a screen/monitor or a projector
- Be new, original work
- Be between 1 and 15 minutes in length.
Alongside the clip we welcome you to send:
- an accompanying PDF that outlines your proposal or gives further detail, although this is not a requirement.
- A website/social media link showing your work.
Selected proposals will be commissioned for screening to FMTV users at a fee of €100. 10 finalists will be commissioned €1000 to develop their work for the exhibition. The completed films will then be exhibited within the gallery space throughout summer 2025 and prize winners announced in September.
All participating artists maintain the ownership of their works and FluxusMuseum welcomes artists to screen the commissioned works elsewhere. In commissioning these works FluxusMuseum seeks the rights to exhibit the works in the museum and on our online platforms in perpetuity.
Rules & Terms
- FluxusMuseum Prize for Experimental Video will be exhibited between June – September 2026 in The FluxusMuseum gallery. Selected works will also be uploaded to https://fluxusmuseum.org and shown on other FluxusMuseum platforms such as FMTV (FluxusMuseumTV).
- Submission deadline January 16th. First round successful proposals will be informed by February 1st and uploaded to FluxusMuseumTV website for judging.
- FMTV users voting deadline: 1st March
- Finalists announced: 2nd March
- Upon selection the commissioned artists will be asked to read and sign the contract. They will then receive €500 after signing (paid by bank transfer) and a further €500 after submitting the finished work.
- Works must be original. After 1st of October 2026 artists are welcomed to show their works elsewhere, however, FluxusMuseum will maintain rights to display the commissioned videos on our platforms and in the museum and to use stills, text etc related to the work in our publications. Artists will retain ownership of their work.
- One proposal per artist/collective.
By submitting to the FluxusMuseum Prize for Experimental Video, entrants expressly grant The Fluxus Museum the nonexclusive, royalty-free right to publish submitted material and meta material such as (but not limited to) film stills, the title and credits of the film, the director’s name, and excerpts of up to 30 seconds of the film (in single form or as part of a showreel) for advertising and promotional purposes.
Entrants shall indemnify, defend and hold the Fluxus Museum, its agents and its representatives harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses which may be incurred by reason of any breach of these representations, or arising out of any matter contained in the media or otherwise by the museum’s use of the media.
Technical Notes:
- Be between 1-15 minutes in length; be experimental in the spirit of the Fluxus group; Be presented in a HD video screening format (minimum 1920x1080px, Prores, DNxHD), DCP. We can accept other digital formats subject to enquiry but we cannot screen non-digital films at this time.
- It is the filmmaker’s responsibility to obtain rights, clearances and permissions. The Fluxus Museum assumes no responsibility for violation of copyright law.
- All selected works will be displayed on a monitor or via a projector
- All audio will be played through headphones
- Due to the large number of works we are not able to accommodate the following:
- Audio playing through speakers (headphones only)
- Multi-screen installations
- Sculptures alongside video work
If you want a sense of the space have a look at our instagram.
FAQ and Facts:
- This call is open to anyone who lives and works anywhere in the world. There are no age restrictions.
- There is no requirement of formal academic degrees.
- Collectives are eligible to apply. However, the commission fee/prize money would be allocated to the collective as a whole rather than individually should the proposed project be selected.
- FluxusMuseum cannot offer residential opportunities or travel costs for participating artists during the exhibition.
- This is a prize for experimental video at a museum, this is not a film festival. We welcome filmmakers to submit but don’t expect us to behave like a film festival.
All email enquiries to: fluxusmuseumprize@gmail.com
Important Dates:
- Important Dates:
- 16th January: Submissions deadline at midnight
- 1st February: 100 shortlisted applicants uploaded to FMTV
- 1st March: Deadline for FMTV users second round judging
- 2nd March: 10 finalists announced and commissioned to develop their work
- 31st May: Deadline for completed works
- 6th June: Exhibition opens
- 31st August – 14th September: Prize winners announced
- 1st October: End of Exhibition
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