Anima Mundi AI and Culture Art Call
- Organization: AI Hub for Sustainable Development (UNDP and Italy's Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy)
- Type: Other
- Location: Global
- Deadline: December 31, 2026
- Funding: No Funding
The AI Hub for Sustainable Development, co-led by UNDP and Italy's Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, is asking people who build or live with AI to pair a myth or living tradition from their own culture with a real AI decision, and to make an artwork about it with AI as a creative partner. Each submission is a digital artwork plus a write-up of up to 500 words, in any language, explaining the AI decision, who made it and what the tradition reveals about it. There is no prize money: accepted work enters a permanent open online library on AI governance and can be selected for exhibitions. **What you get:** - Accepted work published in the Anima Mundi Library, a permanent open online archive on AI governance, credited to you under a Creative Commons licence - A chance to be selected for exhibitions and related activities, as the programme is featured in San Francisco in February 2027 and presented at the Vatican in September 2027 - Open Dialogue Sessions where practitioners, artists and researchers read the library against live AI cases, which anyone can join or send questions to - Volunteer help to photograph, scan or record your work if working digitally is a barrier **What you'll do:** - Choose one of six real AI decisions set out in the call, such as a farmer advised by a voice agent or a family excluded by a credit score, or justify a different one - Anchor it to a live, named case: a real start-up or private-sector team, the community it serves, and how the decision was made - Make a digital artwork in interaction with AI or another machine-based creative tool, drawing on a myth or tradition you have an authentic relationship with - Write up to 500 words, in any language, naming the myth, the AI decision and why you paired them, and answer the form's questions on the case and your process **Key dates:** - September 2026: call announced at the 81st UN General Assembly High Level Week in New York and in Calabria, Italy - December 31, 2026: deadline to submit - February 2027: programme featured in San Francisco - June 2027: launch of the Anima Mundi Library - September 2027: programme presented at the Vatican **More information:** - Questions on eligibility, myth selection, the six AI decisions or the submission process go to aihubfordevelopment@undp.org - Artwork specifications (resolution, formats, file sizes) are listed in section 7 of the submission form
