AAIC-R · 2811 Global · Berlin 2026
What happens when nature, code, and human creation share the same space?
Eight days in Berlin. Not to solve anything. To explore the edges of what is possible. AI as a brush, climate as territory.
Berlin · 12–19 October 2026 · 20 fellows · language: English · open call coming soon
The concept
Eight days in Berlin. Not to solve anything. To explore the edges of what is possible. Generative art, living ecosystems, speculative futures.
No urgency manifestos. No formulas. Just the open question of what a human being can do when art, artificial intelligence, and nature become the same material.
Berlin is not the backdrop. It is the material.
This city was destroyed and rebuilt. It was divided and reunified. Today, like few other places, it concentrates experimental art, critical technology, and Europe’s most serious climate debate.
The residency does not happen in Berlin. It happens with Berlin. We connect with ZKM, Futurium, ZK/U, TBA21, and the network of Stiftungen and European cultural funds. Projects born here have a network from day one.
From Patagonia to Berlin
AAIC-R is the continuation of the Naturaleza Creadora program, which 2811 carried out in Chilean Patagonia. Each summer, 2811 welcomes residents in Berlin to explore the intersection of art, technology, and nature in a new context.
What was born in the south of the world now expands to Europe. The question remains the same.
Creative territories
What the residency explores.
Program. 8 days
A week with no predefined shape. The program is a framework, not a script. The most interesting projects emerge at the margins.
Each participant arrives with something they do not know how to do. That is the raw material.
Generative models, computer vision, audio synthesis. Hands on the code and on the question.
Visits to labs, spaces, and communities. The city enters the project.
Analog creation, long conversations, silence. Creativity also needs emptiness.
Intensive work with one-on-one guidance. Projects take shape. Or change shape.
Cultural funds, Stiftungen, Creative Europe. How to project what was born here.
Public presentation to the Berlin ecosystem. The beginning of a network that does not end here.
Who comes?
Three kinds of people, one room.
01
Creators
Visual artists, musicians, designers, writers. Who feel that the tools they have are not enough for what they want to say.
02
Technologists
Developers, engineers, AI researchers. Who want their work to carry meaning beyond function.
03
Social entrepreneurs
People working on systemic change who know that narratives matter as much as business models.
What we look for is not a track record. It is genuine curiosity and a willingness to step into unknown territory with other people.
Fellowship
No cost for those selected.
The residency is a full fellowship. Here is what it covers:
Included
- ✓ Full program (8 days)
- ✓ Workspaces and production facilities
- ✓ Mentorship and guidance
- ✓ Transportation within the city
- ✓ Meals
- ✓ Connection to European network
Not included
- × International travel
- × Accommodation (we help find affordable options)
- × Personal expenses
We are looking for allies, foundations, and institutional partners to co-fund the spots. Are you an organization or fund that wants to co-create this space? Write to us.
Reserve your spot
The open call launches in June. Reserve your spot on the waiting list.
residency@2811global.com · Berlin · 12–19 October 2026
