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OPEN CALL: Imagine what various aspects of future may look like, and create relevant imagery. Share an image with us and win €300! Don't forget the hashtag #BEOPENFutureVision.
BE OPEN invites you to join our new #BEOPENFutureVision open call and share the visuals that reveal your vision of the future to connect with open-minded people worldwide. This may range from creating your own futuristic art pieces to capturing glimpses of the future in the lights, reflections and architecture of modern cities, or to AI generated images - you can prove that your creativity is unlimited, and images of the future are all around us today.
The open call will close February 29th, 2024. The winner will receive a €300 prize.
Interested in taking part? Learn more at beopensocial.com
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Burger King @burgerking has turned one of its chicken nuggets into a handbag, and the result is as absurd as it is clever. Le Nugguette mimics the nugget’s lumpy shape and golden-brown finish, complete with a tiny handle, zippered compartment, sauce-themed charm, and a $3.99 price tag that matches the meal that inspired it.

More fast food handbags on our blog.beopenfuture.com

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A New York-based group of five artists has created Lifeline @lifeline.nyc, a conceptual tote bag that transforms into a self-inflating life jacket in response to the growing threat of climate-related flooding. Made by deconstructing and heat-welding a standard nylon life vest, the bag retains the everyday appearance of a fashion accessory while concealing an emergency function that can be activated in around 15 seconds.

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Australian art and technology studio ENESS @studioeness transforms a vintage ATM into HP*ATM – Human Psyche AI Teller Machine, an interactive installation that uses AI to generate personalized psychological readings. Created by ENESS founder Nimrod Weis, the work combines facial analysis, palm reading, and user-selected responses before presenting its assessment as a lyrical horoscope.

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BE OPEN Foundation has been selected as a finalist in two categories at the 6th Annual Anthem Awards @anthemawards within Education, Art & Culture: Creative Economy & Artist Support and Arts & Cultural Programming. The nominations also make the foundation eligible for the Anthem Community Voice Award, which is decided by public vote. Supporters can vote online by finding the BE OPEN Foundation entry, clicking “Celebrate,” and completing the sign-up or sign-in process. Public voting provides an opportunity to recognize the foundation’s work in supporting creative communities and cultural initiatives.

Vote at https://celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/education-art-culture/industry-specific-program/non-profit

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Berlin-based artist and designer Simon Weckert’s @simonweckert Digital Camouflage is a brightly patterned shirt designed to challenge AI-powered video surveillance systems. Developed in response to Berlin’s planned AI surveillance trial at Kottbusser Tor, the garment uses saturated colours and overlapping forms intended to disrupt the visual patterns that object-detection models associate with human figures. Weckert developed the pattern through an AI-driven adversarial testing process, repeatedly refining it against the detection system to reduce its confidence in recognising a person.

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co:Creation Lab's @cocreationlab Balloon Banjo is a 3D-printed DIY instrument that turns an ordinary party balloon into an adjustable sound box. Built from seven printed components and assembled without glue, metal hardware, or tools, the banjo invites users to experiment with acoustics by changing the balloon's inflation, string tension, and string thickness. Its fully disassemblable construction makes making, modifying, and rebuilding part of the musical experience.

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For Shakira’s Madrid residency, Bjarke Ingels Group @big_builds has transformed a 185,000-square-metre music venue into Macondo Park, a temporary cultural town built around the concert experience. The landscape combines a 50,000-plus-capacity stadium with colorful pavilions, markets, food, art, fashion, cinema and children’s spaces, turning the journey to the show into part of the event. Inspired by the fictional town in Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, the design uses color-coded paths, more than 500 trees and a central gathering point to bring human scale to the vast site. Just as importantly, BIG designed the temporary structures with their next life in mind, allowing pavilions, fabrics, artificial grass and planting to be reused after the residency ends.

More unusual venues on our blog.beopenfuture.com

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Concept Nemonic Dot by Mangoslab @mangoslab is a compact Braille printer and mobile app designed to make everyday labeling more accessible for visually impaired users. By converting typed or spoken words into Braille stickers, the system lets users independently label food, medicine, documents, and personal belongings. Its tactile, eyes-free printer is designed for easy operation through touch, while Bluetooth connectivity and a portable form make it practical across homes, schools, offices, and other everyday spaces.

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BE OPEN Art’s Art Limitless programme names Irish mixed-media artist Éabha Róis @eabharoisart as its September 2026 monthly winner. Based in County Waterford, Róis combines painting with reclaimed and found materials to create tactile works inspired by Irish folklore, landscapes, memory, mythology, and the natural world.
Throughout 2026, BE OPEN continues to highlight artists whose work reflects sustainable approaches to artistic practice. Each month, a winning artist is selected and featured in the online gallery, and at the end of the year, three artists will be chosen from the monthly winners by members of the BE OPEN community to receive monetary awards and increased international visibility from the BE OPEN Foundation.

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London-based designer Bethan Laura Wood @bethanlaurawood collaborates with Shore Studios on Extra Trimmings, a colorful seating collection that turns ornament into structure. Inspired by the exuberance of 1970s interiors, the lounge chairs, settees, and stools use nautical braided rope and hand-knotted silicone to form ruffles, scallops, and loops across their frames.

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CALL FOR ARTISTS!
ITSLIQUID Group’s @itsliquidgroup Rome International Art Fair 2026 returns for its 19th edition from December 10–20 at ITSLIQUID Art Space – Trastevere, inviting artists, photographers, video makers and performers to explore the relationship between identity, body and space. The open call is structured around two themes: Mixing Identities, which examines the body and consciousness as evolving forms of communication, and Future Landscapes, which explores fluid relationships between identity, cities, mind and space. Selected artists receive exhibition support spanning installation, logistics, promotion, press and opening events, with applications closing October 11, 2026.

Apply at info@itsliquid.com

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