FREE ENTRY / Simons Foundation - Turbulence: A Nexus of Creative Possibilities

What does it look like when an artist and a scientist spend meaningful time thinking together in open-ended exploration? That is the question at the heart of Open Interval, a Simons Foundation program that supports trios of artists, scientists and arts organizations to come together around a shared scientific theme and spend several months following their curiosity. The program’s next theme will be “turbulence,” a phenomenon that sits on the edge of chaos and beauty.

Program Overview

Awarded trios will receive $30,000. The program will run from April to December 2027 with a touchstone meeting in May and other possible cohort convenings. The time spent in the program is meant to be collaborative and exploratory.

Applying for the Open Interval program does not require a proposed project or end goal. On the contrary, the program supports a period of sustained collaboration rather than production, exhibitions or completed works.

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