Short Description
RUANG// is a platform for curating, cultural production, and critical exchange rooted in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. We work with contemporary artists who make a vital contribution to the world we live in by engaging with the urgent questions of our time.
Eligibility
RUANG/ invites critical writings that explore the entanglements of technology and ecology in contemporary artistic practice across Southeast Asia. Technology here is not only digital tools or emerging media, but also infrastructures, networks, and systems — from extractive industries and surveillance apparatuses to vernacular knowledge and speculative futures. Ecology extends beyond the “natural environment” to include contested landscapes, indigenous cosmologies, resource politics, and the shifting relations between human and more-than-human worlds.
Accepted Geners:
- Critical essays: 1,500–2,500 words
- Reaviews: 800–1,200 words
- Experimental writing: up to 1,500 words
RUANG// particularly interested in texts that inquire into:
- The entanglements of technology and ecology in Southeast Asian art
- Questions of ecology in the broadest sense (from landscapes and resources to cosmologies and survival systems)
- New technology in its expanded form (from AI and machine learning to infrastructures, networks, and extractive processes)
Submission Requirements
- Your submission (link to Google Doc)
- A short bio (100–150 words)
How to Apply
Online Application
Program Benefits & Awards
RUANG// Journal is a self-funded initiative; however, we stand strongly against modern slavery, and we remunerate authors at USD $110 for long-form reviews, interviews, and features (about 1,000–1,500 words), and USD $75 for short-form articles (around 500–750 words).
Entry Fee
None
Location
Bali, Indonesia
Timeline
- Application Deadline: 28 November 2025
Website Link: https://thinkruang.com/
