What’s the Infinite Garden Artist Cohort?

Inspired by Ethereum’s vision of the Infinite Garden, an ecosystem that grows through openness, collaboration, and continuous experimentation, the Infinite Garden Artist Cohort is a curated two-month program that brings together artists across disciplines to learn, create, and grow through lectures, studio sessions, and critiques. The goal is to collectively develop new artistic perspectives on decentralized society while exploring how art and technology can help shape more open, resilient, and human-centered futures through the lens of Ethereum’s core values:

• Censorship Resistance
• Open Source and Free, as in Freedom
• Privacy
• Security

Together, these principles are known as CROPS and form the foundation of Ethereum’s vision for an open and decentralized society.

Artists’ work does not need to be about blockchain or cryptocurrency directly. We welcome both existing and newly created works that embody the CROPS values and engage with Ethereum’s vision in thoughtful, critical, or imaginative ways, regardless of medium or discipline.

Program Overview

Artists will take part in a two-month online cohort, culminating in a group exhibition at Devcon 8 India, taking place in Mumbai, India, from November 3–6, 2026.

1. Weekly Online Cohort Sessions (September–October): The cohort will meet for weekly one-hour online sessions throughout September and October. The program consists of four lectures exploring Ethereum’s vision, values, and culture, followed by four studio sessions where artists reflect on these ideas, share works in progress, and receive feedback.
2. Exhibition at Devcon: The cohort culminates in a curated group exhibition presented during Devcon 8 India.

Why should you apply?

Devcon is the largest gathering of the global Ethereum community, bringing together thousands of builders, researchers, designers, artists, and cultural practitioners from around the world. The exhibition offers a unique opportunity to share your work with an audience deeply engaged in questions of technology, society, freedom, public goods, and human coordination, while connecting with peers who share similar values.

Eligibility

• We welcome artists working in any medium—including visual art, installation, performance, music, writing, digital media, film, and experimental practice—who have an established artistic practice and a demonstrated body of work.
• Applicant must not have participated in a previous Infinite Garden Artist Cohort (2024 or 2025).
• Must be available for the full program duration: weekly online sessions, September–October 2026.
• Must be able to exhibit a completed work for a group exhibition at Devcon 8 India.

Selected artists will receive:

• Artist stipend for participation in the cohort.
• Production budget will be provided to support the production and exhibition of selected works.

Program Commitments:

• Attending four lectures and four follow-up studio sessions (approximately eight online sessions total during September and October).
• Participation in the final group critique.
• Delivery of final artwork in time for shipping/installation ahead of Nov 3.

Please note that travel and accommodation are not provided. While attendance at Devcon is not required, we strongly encourage artists to join in person if possible. Devcon is a unique gathering, and experiencing it firsthand often becomes one of the most valuable parts of participating in the cohort.

Past Cohort Examples

The 2024 and 2025 cohorts featured artists from around the world, creating powerful, thoughtful work rooted in Ethereum’s cultural vision. These are some of the works.

If this feels like your kind of creative experiment, we’d love to see your work.

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