SENSO/graphies
Open from November 17, 2025 to March 18, 2026
The International Image Festival, in its XXV edition to be held from September 11 to 18, 2026 in the cities of Bogotá and Manizales, invites the academic community of designers, artists, researchers, teachers, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students to participate in the academic and artistic calls whose central theme will be SENSO/graphies, a curatorial axis focused on the intersection between image, body and living archives, inviting the presentation of works that explore the corporeal as a territory of knowledge, memory and transformation, in a world mediated by artificial intelligence, digital media and the new ecologies of the image.
For 28 years, the Festival has been organized by the Visual Design Department of the Universidad de Caldas in Manizales and, since 2020, has been carried out in partnership with the Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, in Colombia. To participate in the event, the following calls are open:
Academic call for applications
XXII International Academic Forum on
Design and Creation
VISUALITIES IN RESONANCE
International Image Festival 2026
The International Academic Forum on Design and Creation invites researchers, creators, teachers and students from art, design, communication, human sciences and interactive technologies programs to participate in the 2026 Academic Call, under the conceptual axis SENSO/graphies, which proposes to reflect on sensory languages, perceptive traces and the modes of inscription of body and technology in contemporary creation.
With the purpose of strengthening the Festival’s academic community and promoting the dissemination of knowledge at the international level, the Forum continues to consolidate its editorial line through the publication of an academic edition with formal ISSN registration. This publication maintains international standards of editorial quality—public call, double-blind peer review and compliance with ethical and formal criteria for scientific publication—as part of the sustained process that the Festival develops so that its editions are recognized within academic indexes and international reference databases, such as Scopus, LATINDEX, REDALYC, or other indexing systems.
CATEGORIES FOR APPLYING TO THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Research and research + creation works that have been completed no more than three years ago, or that are in development, of an unpublished nature and that have not been presented at other academic events.
A preliminary abstract of up to 250 words must be submitted, indicating: title, authors (up to three) and role of each one. From the SENSO/graphies concept, the thematic line to which the proposal is aligned must be indicated.
Thematic lines:
- Biosignals and corporeal datapoetics
- Living archives: creative preservation
- Haptic/sound interfaces
- Human-machine choreographies
- Ecologies of the image
- Speculative design and habitable futures
- Territory and situated knowledges
Research or research + creation ideas, unpublished, completed or in development, that relate to the thematic lines on the SENSO/graphies concept. The complete document must be submitted (up to 800 words) and include between 2 and 4 high-quality images. Up to three authors may be included, specifying the role of each.
Discussion groups on the topic of SENSO/graphics, responding to questions from the moderator and the audience.
A summary and presentation of up to 500 words must be submitted in the final version. Up to four guests per panel are allowed.
This category receives unpublished academic articles, derived from research or research + creation projects, that develop conceptual, methodological or experimental contributions around the thematic lines of the Forum.
Selected articles will undergo peer review and will be considered for publication in the new editorial line of the International Image Festival, oriented towards the creation of a journal of art, design, science and technology, which seeks to position itself and meet the requirements of indexes and repositories.
Requirements:
- Length between 4,000 and 6,000 words.
- APA 7th edition citation standards.
- Inclusion of abstract (250 words), keywords (5) and brief biography of the authors.
- Maximum three authors, specifying roles.
- The text must be unpublished and not simultaneously submitted to other publications.
ACREDITATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE EVENT
Each of the authors of the selected proposals must individually pay the event registration with a special rate, which includes the presentation, publication and passport to attend all scheduled activities during the XXV International Image Festival.
Terms
● The Festival does not cover transportation, accommodation or food expenses for speakers in any of the categories.
● Each author receives a certificate for their participation. In the case of multiple authorship, one certificate will be given per speaker.
Publication
The digital proceedings have an ISSN code. They publish the papers, panels and posters accepted through the call and presented during the event, according to the evaluation and accreditation guidelines. Authors must submit their documents with the corresponding final editions.
In the case of Papers, they will be sent to peer reviewers, after which they will enter the institutional process for academic publications.
The Festival is not responsible for the style review of the submitted documents.
Artistic open call
The Artistic Call aims to promote creative works linked to digital technologies that favor integration between design, art, science and technology. It also promotes the production and exhibition of collaborative developments, through works that include design, sound art, audiovisual creation, exhibitions, concerts, performances, installations, among others.
Subcategories
● Exhibitions: Interactive installations and displays to be exhibited in artistic exhibition halls, with languages that articulate audiovisual, light, sound, visual, tactile dimensions; based on data, machine-human agent collaborations, cinema, sound, among others under the SENSO/graphies concept.
● Media Art Monographic Exhibition: Works in extended realities (XR), Apps, Net Art, among others based on the SENSO/graphies concept.
● Digital (and) Cinema: Audiovisual creative works comprising animation, cinema, video art or micro-documentary under the SENSO/graphies concept. Scheduled screenings will be held in theaters and alternative spaces.
● Sound Bridges: Sound works of up to 10 minutes duration and in octophonic format or lower, addressing topics related to the SENSO/graphies concept.
A jury of experts will select the works that will be included in the festival program.
The International Image Festival invites artists, designers, researchers and creators to participate in the “exhibitions” call, a space dedicated to exhibiting unpublished and experimental artistic works.
Terms:
● The Festival covers some of the installation supplies that guarantee the partial or total display of the selected proposals. For this reason, authors must send precise information through technical riders at the time of application.
● The Festival does not cover transportation, accommodation or food expenses for artists in any of the subcategories of the Artistic Call.
● Each author will receive a certificate for their participation.
Event Accreditation
Authors of selected proposals will pay a special rate for event registration and will receive a passport to attend all scheduled activities during the XXV International Image Festival.
Publication
The works selected in the call will be included in the event catalog that will be published digitally, after the Festival ends and according to the complexity of the editorial process. Technical data will be included such as the names of the authors, the work, institutional affiliation and summary of the work.
The International Image Festival invites artists, designers, researchers and creators to participate in the “Media Art Monographic Exhibition” call with works of extended realities (XR), Apps, Net Art, among others based on the SENSO/graphies concept:
Terms
● The Festival assumes the technical installation process for the display of selected proposals. However, authors must send precise information through technical riders at the time of application.
● The Festival does not cover transportation, accommodation or food expenses for artists in any of the subcategories of the Artistic Call.
● Each author will receive a certificate for their participation.
Event Accreditation
Authors of selected proposals will pay a special rate for event registration and will receive a passport to attend all scheduled activities during the XXV International Image Festival.
Publication
The works selected in the call will be included in the event catalog that will be published digitally, after the Festival ends and according to the complexity of the editorial process. Technical data will be included such as the names of the authors, the work, institutional affiliation and summary of the work.
The International Image Festival invites filmmakers, animators and visual artists to participate in the ” Digital (and) Cinema” call, a space dedicated to exploring the confluence of cinema with the digital era. Works of animation, cinema, video art and micro-documentaries may participate, with a minimum duration of 1 minute and maximum of 24 minutes, that seek to explore and redefine audiovisual narratives in the contemporary context.
In an era marked by digitalization and profound changes, the question arises: How is cinema transformed in this hyperconnected context? Under the SENSO/graphies theme, we seek works that not only question their relationship with the digital world, but also explore new aesthetic horizons, innovative production models and creative forms of exhibition and research. We encourage participants to reflect on how their creations can contribute to this regenerative vision in the audiovisual field.
Parameters to follow for Digital (and) Cinema
● Is it registered in the Cinematographic Information and Registration System (SIREC)? (this registration is not exclusionary for the first part of the call, but must be completed if selected).
● In which category is your audiovisual work registered? (animation, cinema, video art, micro-documentary).
● Link to the work. For this first review stage, the audiovisual material is requested to be hosted on a video service, preferably Vimeo or YouTube, with a private link. (If accepted, the work must subsequently be sent in Full HD or 2K resolution, encoded in Advanced Video Coding / H. 264).
● Works must have a minimum duration of 1 minute and maximum playback time of 24 minutes.
Event Accreditation
Authors of selected proposals will pay a special rate for event registration, and will receive a passport to attend all scheduled activities during the XXIV International Image Festival.
Terms
● The Festival covers the costs of screening in theaters.
● The Festival does not cover transportation, accommodation or food expenses for authors in any of the subcategories of the Artistic Call.
● Each author will receive a certificate for their participation.
Publication
The works selected in the call will be included in the event catalog that will be published digitally, after the Festival ends and according to the complexity of the editorial process. Technical data will be included such as the names of the authors, the work, institutional affiliation and summary of the work.
The International Image Festival invites artists, creators, animators and visual artists to participate in the “Sound Bridges” call, a space dedicated to exploring the confluence of image and digital sound in audiovisual production.
Parameters to follow for Sound Bridges
- Maximum duration of the work: 10 minutes
- Octophonic format or lower.
Terms
● The Festival covers the costs of presenting the works.
● The Festival does not cover transportation, accommodation or food expenses for authors in any of the subcategories of the Artistic Call.
● Each author will receive a certificate for their participation.
Event Accreditation
Authors of selected proposals will pay a special rate for event registration, and will receive a passport to attend all scheduled activities during the XXV International Image Festival.
Publication The works selected in the call will be included in the event catalog that will be published digitally, after the Festival ends and according to the complexity of the editorial process. Technical data will be included such as the names of the authors, the work, institutional affiliation and summary of the work.