Open call for submissions

Tempus Projects | Open Call for Submissions

All I Ever Want Is Just to Fall Into Your Human Hands

A juried exhibition featuring works about, inspired by, or made with, artificial intelligence. All media is eligible

Tempus Projects invites artists to submit work for a juried group exhibition that critically engages artificial intelligence and the human condition.
Titled All I Ever Want Is Just to Fall Into Your Human Hands, the exhibition reflects on a cultural moment in which AI is both omnipresent and deeply contested.

This is not exclusively an exhibition of AI-generated work. We are especially interested in work about AI—art that questions its influence, addresses its aesthetics, wrestles with its ethics, or examines the social and cultural impacts of machine intelligence on our inner lives and shared realities.

What We’re Looking For

We are especially interested in work about AI—art that questions its influence, challenges its aesthetics, wrestles with its ethics, or examines the cultural, emotional, or social impacts of machine intelligence on human experience.

We welcome submissions that:

• Investigate AI as a cultural force
• Reflect on issues such as surveillance, labor, authorship, and identity
• Utilize AI as a medium or tool
• Explore algorithmic systems, machine vision, or digital mythologies
• Include narratives or forms inspired by or influenced by AI technologies and discourse
• Reveal transparency in process when AI tools are used
• Take speculative, poetic, humorous, or critical approaches to contemporary AI culture
• Optionally incorporate holiday themes, if relevant to the tone and concept of the exhibition

Important Dates

• Submission deadline: September 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
• Notification of acceptance: October 17, 2025
• Accepted works delivered by: 5:00 PM on November 14, 2025
• Exhibition dates: December 11, 2025 – January 29, 2026
• Opening reception & Holiday Party:
  Friday, December 12, 2025 (6pm members / 7pm public)
  This event will also serve as the Tempus Projects Holiday Party. Festive attire encouraged!

Eligibility & Media

• Open to artists at any stage of their career
• All media is eligible
• Collaborative and interdisciplinary submissions are welcome

How to Apply:

· Submissions must be sent via email to submissions@tempus-projects.com

· 3 Works Maximum (2 images per work)

· Use the subject line: Human Hands : Your Name"

· Include image list with title, medium, size, price, and year in body of email.

· Provide a brief artist biography. (also in the body of the email!)

· Include your contact information, including name, phone number, address, and link to website (if you have one!) (in the body of the email!!!!)

· Provide a brief statement (max 300 words) addressing the exhibition theme and a short artist biography. If artificial intelligence was used in the making of the artwork(s), how was it used?-Which software(s) or models were used? (also in the body of the email!)

· Include a screenshot of the application fee payment of $20 through the network for good.

About Tempus Projects

Tempus Projects is a nonprofit visual arts space based in Tampa, Florida. Since 2009, Tempus has supported the careers of emerging and established artists through exhibitions, residencies, screenings, performances, and special projects. The organization is known for curating thoughtful, challenging, and community-responsive programming.

Tempus Projects is located inside Kress Contemporary, a multidisciplinary arts complex in the historic Kress building in Ybor City. Kress Contemporary offers over 25,000 square feet of studios, galleries, project rooms, and event space. It serves as a hub for experimental, collaborative, and community-engaged cultural production in Tampa’s urban core.

We are living through a pivotal moment in art and technology. Artists are uniquely positioned to decode, challenge, and reimagine the systems shaping our collective future.
Submit your work and contribute to the growing dialogue around AI in All I Ever Want Is to Fall Into Your Human Hands.

Exhibition opens December 12, 2025.