Carapantallas Project
1st Open Call 2026

Proyecto´ace invites artists, artivists, designers, and researchers –Argentine or permanent residents in Argentina-to participate in Carapantallas, a program that transforms traditional Buenos Aires´ billboards into spaces for artistic experimentation. Drawing on urban memory and the process-based dynamics of a residency, this project brings together printmaking, painting, graphic practices, installation, and urban intervention to explore new forms of expression across the public and private realms.

Emerging from the restoration of two discarded billboards—now installed in our studio—Carapantallas offers a platform to intervene in and reflect on these urban devices as contemporary palimpsests, where the ephemeral and the institutional intertwine in an ongoing struggle for visibility and permanence.

PROGRAM GUIDELINES

Each participant will have two days to intervene in a carapantalla installed at the ´ace space. On the third day, the participant will present their intervention to the local community, with an in-person audience, during ´aceNITE on March 18, 2026, alongside the opening of the international project  [IM]Possible Parallels.

This program is on for Argentine artists (or residents in Argentina) :
• is free of charge
• includes a permanent profile within the activities section of our website
• includes a public presentation of the work, either as an opening event or an open studio
• takes place over two working days and one presentation day (which may include a live action with an in-person audience)
• is open to residents across the entire national territory of Argentina who hold a DNI (regardless of nationality) and who have not previously received grants from Fundación´ace
• welcomes diverse techniques, including painting, printmaking, graffiti, 3D modeling, digital media, photosensitive techniques, object-based practices, new media, and more
• does not include production materials, transportation, or accommodation (for participants living outside the Greater Buenos Aires Area – AMBA)
• includes installation assistance
• includes materials and tools commonly found in a workshop to support installation*
• includes portfolio and conceptual review
*Please inquire about special materials or tools.