Computing the lens, Research-driven images for machine-entangled lives

📢 Open Call for Research-Driven Image Makers
We are inviting camera-based artists, researchers, and storytellers to contribute projects that explore the intersections of photography, computation, and Visual Generative AI.

Submissions may include:
🔹 Up to five digital images (single series or related set)
🔹 A 5-minute lightning talk (video + abstract)
We welcome experimental, critical, and inventive approaches that address:
Merging with machines (AI, robotics, implants)
Exceeding natural limits (sensory/cognitive augmentation)
Decentering the human viewpoint
Critical perspectives on AI

🗓 Deadline: October 12, 2025, 11:59 PM ET
📍 Event: October 28, 2025 · Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC
🎥 Selected works will be presented as large-scale projections during the CLICK! Festival. On-site and remote participation options available.
Eligibility: Open to individuals and collectives — students, artists, technologists, and researchers at any level.
👉 Submit here: bit.ly/3IF7sjq

Curated by:
Augustus Wendell, Assistant Professor of the Practice, Computational Media, Arts & Cultures, Duke University
Rose Ansari, PhD Student in Computational Media, Arts & Cultures, Duke University

This open call is an independent curatorial initiative by Augustus Wendell, Assistant Professor of the Practice, Computational Media, Arts & Cultures, Duke University, and Rose Ansari, PhD Student in Computational Media, Arts & Cultures, Duke University. Both curators are affiliated with the CMAC Department at Duke University, and the program will be presented at the Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC.