Open call for submissions for an online publication on the Container Media website and/or a site-specific exhibition in a Catholic church.

Container Media is an independent online platform aimed at identifying and reflecting on the liminal phenomena in contemporary culture where artistic practices intersect with philosophy, media theory, and sociology.

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Container Media was founded by artists Nick Tarasov and Daniil Stakhiev. Since 2020, the project has been active on Instagram.

The online exhibition Temporary Storage brings together photo-based works that explore and thematize duration through the very process of their creation and viewing. The selected projects approach time not as a background condition, but as their primary material. Temporal extension, processes, and the conditions of emergence become the content of the works themselves.

At its most fundamental technical level, photography is inseparable from duration: every image is the result of exposure, the registration of light over time. In this sense, each photograph functions as a form of temporary storage — of light, presence, and an event that has already passed.

In the context of an online exhibition, images appear without the stability of physical display. Screen-based viewing introduces its own temporality: scrolling, loading, fragmentation, and interrupted attention. Temporary Storage understands the image not as a finished form, but as a temporary state. What is presented here is not permanence, but the capacity of images to hold time — to preserve processes, delays, and transformations, remaining open to future reactivation and reinterpretation.

Participation is free of charge.

We welcome:

•photographic works
•photo-based projects and hybrid practices
•both individual images and series
•works that engage duration conceptually, technically, or processually

Submission Guidelines

Please send the following materials:

JPG format only (1500–3000 pixels on the longer side)
Artist statement, including title, year, and medium (text document or PDF)
Bio and CV (text document or PDF)
Website and/or social media

Files may be attached directly to the email or sent via WeTransfer or a cloud service.

Email: hi.container.media@gmail.com

Both series and single images are accepted

The number of submissions per artist is unlimited

The group exhibition Temporary Storage is dedicated to art that explores and thematizes the nature of duration through the very process of creating and exhibiting works. This site-specific project examines the conditions and possibilities of representation within the crypt of a Catholic church—a space where the very act of display is not normally intended. The projects presented in the exhibition make their own temporal extension, as well as the conditions and reasons for their emergence, their very content.

According to Boris Groys, the museum is a more uncompromising cemetery than the cemetery itself (Groys, “On Art Activism,” e-flux). Burial hides the body, preserving its mystery, whereas the museum presents the artwork as a final form. Media—whether objects, photographs, video, or sound—within the space of the church cease to function as means of completed representation and instead begin to operate as forms of storing time.

Christian theology promises resurrection and understands the state of death as a state of waiting. Thus, a Catholic crypt is a place of temporary rest for bodies until the resurrection of the dead. For artworks, the crypt becomes a space of rest and non-representation. This is not a refusal of display but its rethinking—display is conceived as temporary storage.

Participation is free of charge.

Deadline: March 15, 2026

The open call is addressed to artists working across media, including:

•photography
•video and media art
•sound art
•objects and installations
•sculpture
•painting

Works that can be submitted as digital files and presented via screens, projectors, speakers, or as printed materials are strongly preferred. Preference may be given to projects that can be produced locally, delivered digitally, or realized through instructions.

Both existing works and proposals for new projects are accepted.

If the work has not yet been produced, please submit:

•sketches, drawings, photographs, collages, AI-generated images, or 3D visualizations
•a project description outlining the concept
•a clear explanation of how the work is intended to be realized and displayed within the exhibition

One possible format of participation is instruction-based work: artists may submit detailed instructions that would allow the work to be produced or assembled on site by the exhibition team.

There is no limit to the number of submissions per artist.

The exhibition is scheduled for August–September 2026 and will take place in the crypt of a Catholic church (see reference images below).

A full 3D visualization of the exhibition will be produced during the curatorial process.

Submission Materials

In order to model selected works accurately, we ask artists to provide:

•detailed descriptions
•dimensions
•installation requirements
•reference images

If available, you are encouraged to submit a 3D model of the work (Blender or compatible formats).

Please include:

Images or documentation of the work (JPG preferred)
Artist statement, including title, year, and medium (text document or PDF)
Bio and CV (text document or PDF)
Technical and installation requirements
Website and/or social media

Email: hi.container.media@gmail.com

Files may be attached to your email or shared via WeTransfer or a cloud service.

Transportation, production support, and installation details will be discussed individually with selected artists.

Images from a past contemporary art exhibition held in this space:

For any questions or additional information, please contact us at: hi.container.media@gmail.com

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