Date:............................TBC
Theme:...............How.We.Navigate
Location:.............Central.London
Apply:.....hello@clientside.services
This is a call for submissions for Client Side, a new exhibition series kicking off with its first show sometime between late September and early October 2025 in a Central London internet café. The theme is How We Navigate, we’re after work that twists, bends, or breaks how people move through a site. Think narrative detours, misused UI, scroll holes, or anything that plays fast and loose with the logic of web navigation.
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How does it work?!
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The show will mostly follow the SPEED SHOW format conceived by Aram Bartholl in June 2010, where you hit an Internet-café, rent all computers they have and run a show on them for one night. The show is public and takes place during normal opening hours of the Internet café/shop. All visitors are welcome to join the opening, enjoy the art (and to check their email).
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Specs + Rules:
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- All works must be publicly accessible via URL. If it’s not live on the net, it’s not in the show. No zips, no local files, no passwords.
- Your canvas is the browser window. Use HTML, JS, CSS, WebGL, WebRTC, WebAudio — any native browser tech. No plug-ins. No Unity. No executables.
- Browser permissions are fair game. Yes, you can ask for the camera. Yes, you can hijack fullscreen. Yes, you can trigger alert loops and clipboard weirdness.
- No physical modifications to the café. No cables, no tape, no installations, no QR codes on walls. Your medium is the screen.
- Live performances welcome. Chatrooms, Video Streams, Pings and Sockets — all good. But: no custom software installs. Stick to the browser and whatever’s already on the machine.
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How To Submit:
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Send us:
- Your name (or handle)
- the URL to your piece
- a short description
- any notes on interactivity, performance, or known browser quirks
Submit to: hello@clientside.services
Deadline: September 1st, 2025
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Questions welcome. Speculations encouraged. Feel free to email or contact on IG @daniel_pow
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Date:............................TBC
Theme:...............How.We.Navigate
Location:.............Central.London
Apply:.....hello@clientside.services
This is a call for submissions for Client Side, a new exhibition series kicking off with its first show sometime between late September and early October 2025 in a Central London internet café. The theme is How We Navigate, we’re after work that twists, bends, or breaks how people move through a site. Think narrative detours, misused UI, scroll holes, or anything that plays fast and loose with the logic of web navigation.
/*----------------------------*/
How does it work?!
/*----------------------------*/
The show will mostly follow the SPEED SHOW format conceived by Aram Bartholl in June 2010, where you hit an Internet-café, rent all computers they have and run a show on them for one night. The show is public and takes place during normal opening hours of the Internet café/shop. All visitors are welcome to join the opening, enjoy the art (and to check their email).
/*----------------------------*/
Specs + Rules:
/*----------------------------*/
- All works must be publicly accessible via URL. If it’s not live on the net, it’s not in the show. No zips, no local files, no passwords.
- Your canvas is the browser window. Use HTML, JS, CSS, WebGL, WebRTC, WebAudio — any native browser tech. No plug-ins. No Unity. No executables.
- Browser permissions are fair game. Yes, you can ask for the camera. Yes, you can hijack fullscreen. Yes, you can trigger alert loops and clipboard weirdness.
- No physical modifications to the café. No cables, no tape, no installations, no QR codes on walls. Your medium is the screen.
- Live performances welcome. Chatrooms, Video Streams, Pings and Sockets — all good. But: no custom software installs. Stick to the browser and whatever’s already on the machine.
/*----------------------------*/
How To Submit:
/*----------------------------*/
Send us:
- Your name (or handle)
- the URL to your piece
- a short description
- any notes on interactivity, performance, or known browser quirks
Submit to: hello@clientside.services
Deadline: September 1st, 2025
/*----------------------------*/
Questions welcome. Speculations encouraged. Feel free to email or contact on IG @daniel_pow
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