Opportunities

The Exchange 2026

Deadline: 15 December 2025

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EOP is a network built on personal connections and mutual support.

The Exchange 2026 aims to bring EOP members together, pairing peers and opening up space for new creative conversations. Though projects have emerged from previous iterations, there is no expectation that anything other than new professional relationships, constructive conversations, and friendships will develop. It is ultimately an open-ended process with no limits or boundaries, simply framed by the invitation to begin a discussion.

The Exchange 2026 will begin in January.

THE COMMITMENT

As a minimum Exchange participants must commit to:

  • Meeting their partner online or in person once a month for at least three months. Please think carefully about this – if you cannot make this commitment please do not apply as it is not fair on your partner.
  • Communicating directly with your partner (once introduced) to organise conversations/meetings.
  • Attending an online group workshop on Thursday 28 January, 6.30–8pm.
  • Providing informal feedback after 3 months.

KEY DATES

Application deadline: Monday 15 December 2025

Pairs introduced by: Monday 12 January 2026

ONLINE Workshop: Thursday 28 January, 6.30–8pm

HOW TO TAKE PART

Complete a simple Expression of Interest form HERE

  • Members who have participated in previous Exchanges are welcome to apply.
  • You will need to tell us about your current interests and practice, and the reason why this opportunity interests you at this time. Applications can be text based, or submitted as audio or video files.
  • We will take types of practice, stages in careers and research interests into consideration when pairing members, please note some of the most fruitful relationships in previous Exchanges have come from artists with diverse starting points who bring different perspectives to each other’s work.
We will try and pair as many EOP Members as possible, but if we have an odd number of applicants it may not be possible to offer an exchange partner to everyone.

 

BACKGROUND

The Exchange 2026 builds on The Exchange (2021) and The Exchange 2 (2022), The Extraordinary Exchange (2023), The Exchange 2024 and The Exchange 2025. In these previous iterations of the project over 100 artists have been paired together. Although there was no expectation of a formal outcome many artists did make together, producing everything from videos, online video games and sacred knotting installations to performances and walking trails. There were a variety of responses, connections, outcomes and conversations with some artists being in touch only during their Exchange and others who have continued to talk and collaborate long beyond.