Thursday, Jul 24, 2025

Big news this month: we are launching two new projects! Planetary Futures is a public art residency that focuses on planetary science and climate change. We have just announced the six phenomenal artists nominated to submit proposals for the residency - read more below. Also launching this month is Cosmic Chronicles, a new literary prize for emerging writers and poets; the deadline is September 1st, if you’re planning to submit your work. Good luck to everyone!

As always, make sure to catch up on our SETI AIR’s news and events.

Clear skies,
Bettina

Open Call

The SETI Institute is now accepting submissions for the 2025 Cosmic Chronicles Literary Prize

The Cosmic Chronicles Literary Prize invites emerging writers and poets working in literature, speculative fiction/sci-fi, experimental poetry, and philosophy to submit original, unpublished creative work that reflects and expands on the SETI Institute’s “Intelligence and Consciousness” research area, exploring the questions:

  • What is the nature of consciousness?
  • What is the nature and evolution of intelligence?

The Cosmic Chronicles Literary Prize comes with a $1,000 award and publication on the SETI Institute’s website. The SETI AIR team will award three honorable mentions with $100 and a pro-file in the SETI AIR Newsletter.

Deadline for all contest entries: Monday, September 1, 2025 at 11:59 pm PDT.

For content rules, go to the Open Call on our website:

Learn More

New Residency

SETI AIR just launched Planetary Futures, a new public art research-creation residency that explores planetary science, with a focus on climate research. Through this interdisciplinary approach, the residency aims to foster dialogue, raise awareness, and inspire collective action, emphasizing how the study of other planets can provide valuable perspectives to better understand and address climate-related issues on our planet.

This two-year residency includes a $30,000 stipend.

The residency’s team of advisors selected six outstanding artists and invited them to submit a project proposal for the SETI AIR Planetary Futures residency. 

Sarah Rosalena Brady, Los Angeles, CA, USA, sarahrosalena.com
Giulia Foscari, UNA / UNLESS, Venice, Italy, una-unless.org
Richelle Ellis, Los Angeles, CA, USA , richelleellis.com
Mohamed Sleiman Labat, Motif Art Studio, Samara refugee camp, Algeria, motifartstudio.com
Adrien Segal, Oakland, CA, USA, adriensegal.com
Victoria Vesna, Los Angeles, CA, USA, victoriavesna.com

Learn More

SETI AIR News & Events

Xin Liu

Second Body

Exhibition at David Kordansky Gallery
Los Angeles, USA

July 15 - August 16, 2025

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Martin Wilner

MPM/IRL

Exhibition at MEPAINTSME
48 Hester Street, New York City, USA

July 11 - 28, 2025

LEARN MORE

Bart Kuipers

(DYS)TO(PI)A(N) FUTURE!

Augmented reality poem published in Re-Mediate Litmag, issue 3

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