NTAA New Technological Art Award

Call for entries for Zebrastraat Ghent's New Technological Art Award (NTAA) - a contest which tries to fill a gap in the mainstream art world, by paying attention to the technological developments that drive our global culture. 

During the last few years, Zebrastraat Ghent has developed into a stimulating knowledge centre with a strong interest in art. Every two years the New Technological Art Award (NTAA) is organised, a contest which tries to fill in a gap in the mainstream art world, by paying attention to the technological developments that drive our global culture. NTAA selects and presents creations in which the culture-forming role of technology occupies a central place. Low or high tech, intuitive or experimental, the creations always draw our attention to actual innovative trends. The exhibition of achievements of the selected winners is a compass that orients you to the relevant temporal and resilient use of technology in the artistic sector.

NTAA’s mission is to expand the scope of contemporary artistic creations and traditional media with works using contemporary and new technologies in an original and intelligent way: treatment of sounds and light, use of new media, application of innovative evolutions in communications, telecommunications and broadcasting, centred on the world of information, communication, and computers and interaction. These descriptions are in no way restrictive and should be interpreted in the broadest way possible.

This international competition is open to all age groups and to all nationalities. Artists can present their candidacy for one art work less than two years old at the time of its submission, but which may already have been exhibited. English is the working language. Selected works will be shown 5 February – 13 March 2022 at the Liedts-Meesen Foundation in Ghent. 

There is no artist fee. Costs regarding transport, accommodation and installation will be reimbursed by the organisation. There will also be a jury prize and a public prize. In both cases a cash award of 5000 euro will be allocated to a work and to its creator.

Deadline: 31 August 2021