Emerging artists and designers create an animated artwork for White Rabbit Gallery's website, winning $2,000 AUD and 5 months of featured promotion.
The WRG Digital Call-Out invites emerging artists and designers to create an animated artwork for the White Rabbit Gallery website landing page. Held twice a year, each round responds to a new exhibition at the gallery.
Current Theme: Generation Xi
This round responds to the exhibition *Generation Xi*, which explores China's contemporary youth culture amid rapid technological and social transformation. Applicants are invited to create a work inspired by *New Ugly* — a design movement that embraces chaos, imperfection, and visual excess, challenging conventional aesthetics with bold, expressive, and deliberately disruptive imagery.
Your artwork must include the exhibition title in both English and Mandarin: Generation Xi / 习世代.
What the Winner Receives
- $2,000 AUD artist fee
- Artwork featured on the White Rabbit Gallery homepage 24/7 for 5 months
- Promotion across White Rabbit Gallery social media channels
- Professional support and mentorship from award-winning creative agency Spring in Alaska
- Permanent inclusion in the WRG Digital Archive
Eligibility
- 18 years of age or older
- Within the first 10 years of your artistic or design practice
- Not represented by a commercial gallery, design agency, or working for a design company
- Open to individuals and collaborative groups; group members must each meet eligibility criteria
- Domestic and international applications welcome
- Strongly encouraged: First Nations artists, artists living with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse artists, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community
Artwork Specifications
- Format: Video (no audio), up to 20 seconds, max 150MB
- Minimum resolution: 1280 × 720px (720p HD, 16:9)
- Codecs: H.264, Apple ProRes 422 (HQ), or H.265 (HEVC)
- Min bit rate: 5–10 Mbps; min frame rate: 24fps
Application Requirements
- Link to your artwork (YouTube or Vimeo)
- 200-word statement about your submission
- 1-page CV (PDF, max 3MB)
- Link to website or 5 previous works
Key Dates
- Applications Open: Monday 27 July 2026 – 9am AEST
- Briefing Sessions: Monday 10 August and Monday 24 August 2026 – 11am AEST
- Applications Close: Monday 14 September 2026 – 5pm AEST
- Successful Applicants Notified: Monday 21 September 2026
- Development Period: 28 September – 2 November 2026
- Launch: Monday 9 November 2026
Live briefing sessions are available to help you understand technical requirements. Recordings will be made available if you can't attend. Free to enter — no application fee.
