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ISVC Website: https://cicamuseum.com/isvc

September 10 – 28, 2025 Exhibition “Visual Culture 2025” at the CICA Museum, Korea

September 20, 2025 International Symposium at the Cultural Arts Center and the Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA

Organized by CICA Museum
Hosted by the Visual and Performing Arts Department, Montgomery College

We invite artists, scholars, and researchers from around the world to participate in the International Symposium for Visual Culture & Exhibition 2025. This global gathering of artists, researchers, and academics will take place in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington, D.C., and will be accompanied by an exhibition at the CICA Museum in Korea. The symposium is hosted by Montgomery College’s Visual and Performing Arts Department and organized by the CICA Museum.

ISVC is an international platform for diverse and critical perspectives on visual culture. Through ISVC, we aim to create a global network of researchers/artists and consumers/makers of visual culture, and foster critical thoughts and in-depth understanding of visual culture on a global scale.

Participating artists and researchers will be featured in the book “New Media Art 2026.” The book is expected to be released in full-color paperback in December 2025. The article may include any form of text (e.g., interview, essay, poetry) in English, drawings, and pictures that introduce the artists’ works.

*Categories & Keywords:

-Art and Politics
-Art and Capitalism
-Art, Technology, and Culture
-Artificial Intelligence and Humanism
-Originality, Authorship, and Copyright Issues
-Digital Humanism
-Post-humanism
-Environmental issues and Culture
-Race and Identity in Art & Culture
-Feminist Studies on Visual Culture
-Art & Culture in a Global Pandemic
-Nationalism and Visual Culture
-Digital Culture and Social Media
-Mass Culture
-Critical Studies
-Globalism
-Postmodernism
-New Media Art
-Digital Nomad

[Symposium] International Symposium for Visual Culture (ISVC) 2025 in Silver Spring Maryland
The symposium will be held on September 20, 2025 at the Cultural Arts Center and the Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, Silver Spring, MD.

Every artist/researcher of an accepted proposal will be provided with an opportunity to discuss the merits of his or her contribution with peers. It is required that the presenter will register for the symposium and present or perform in a session. We are open to proposals for paper presentations, workshops, experimental sessions, as well as artistic performance.

Three general admission tickets to ISVC 2025 will be provided for the Presenter/Team so that they can invite guests. Additional tickets will be available to purchase via ISVC website in the future.

* Montgomery College students will receive a free guest pass to the symposium, while faculty and staff will get a 51% discount on registration as presenters or guests.

[Exhibition] “Visual Culture 2025” at the CICA Museum
The international exhibition “Visual Culture 2025” will take place at the CICA Museum from September 10 to September 28, 2025. Artists who register as presenters may showcase up to two works in the exhibition.

*Installation:

– Photographs & 2D Digital Art

Selected works will be printed in 10×15 or 10 x 10 inches, framed, and installed by the museum curators & assistants. If requested by the artist, works can be printed and framed in larger sizes. Additional fees may apply.

– Video & Interactive Art

The museum will provide projectors and DVD/DIVX players for the show. Multiple single-channel works will be screened through a projector. The museum curators & assistants will install your work(s) according to your installation guidelines. If the work is required to be screened through a projector exclusively, or more than two projectors/monitors are needed, please indicate the special requirements in the submission email. Additional fees may apply.

– Physical Work & Installation Art

The artist is responsible for the shipment and delivery of his/her physical work to and from CICA Museum, as well as all related expenses. The two-dimensional work should be no larger than 39 inch (1 m) on the longest side, and the installation piece should be no larger than 39x39x79 inches (1 x 1 x 2 m, w x l x h). The work that needs to be mounted on the wall should not exceed 10 kg. Please indicate in the submission email if you are interested in exhibiting works exceeding the size/weight limit.

*Timeline:

March 28, 2025 Submission Deadline
April 4 – 11, 2025 Presenter’s Registration
September 10 – 28, 2025 Exhibition “Visual Culture 2025” at the CICA Museum, Korea
September 20, 2025 International Symposium at the Cultural Arts Center and the Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA
December 1, 2025 Expected publication date of “New Media Art 2026”
***The schedule is subject to change.

*How to submit your work: Please visit our website for more information.
https://cicamuseum.com/call-for-submissions-international-symposium-for-visual-culture-exhibition-2025/