Interval is a short-term production and presentation residency program in media arts, run jointly by Festival Accès Asie and OBORO, creative partners since 1999.  

The program aims to support an artist from the Asian diaspora (from anywhere in Asia) in developing and presenting a media-based project. The project can take the form of an installation, performance, or a one-time public presentation. 

The selected artist will receive an artist fee and production budget and will benefit from OBORO’s support, including: 

• Up to 5 days of access to OBORO’s New Media Lab studios and equipment; 

• Technical assistance from OBORO’s New Media Lab team (upon availability). 

The completed project will be presented on May 2, 2026, at OBORO, as part of Festival Accès Asie.

 

About the Partners 

Since 1995, Festival Accès Asie has celebrated Asian Heritage Month in Montreal. It is interdisciplinary, inclusive, and intergenerational, showcasing the diversity of practices of artists from Asia and its diaspora in performing arts, visual and media arts, literature, interdisciplinary arts, and culinary arts.

Founded in 1982, OBORO is an artist-run center dedicated to the production and presentation of contemporary practices in visual, media, and digital arts. OBORO fosters transcultural artistic experiences as a way to contribute to collective well-being. The center offers residencies, exhibitions, educational activities, and access to studios and equipment via the New Media Lab, which also provides specialized workshops.

  

Eligibility Criteria 

Eligible: 

• Projects in development requiring a short production period; 

• Projects in installation, performance, video, digital art, new artistic practices, music, sound art, or live art; 

• Projects already in progress but never publicly presented. 

Not Eligible: 

• Projects previously exhibited or performed in Quebec, or that are too similar to a previous presentation; 

• Projects requiring more than 5 days of production or more than one day of presentation. 

How to Apply 

Submit your application by email only to oboro@oboro.net with the subject line: “Proposal for Interval 2026”. Large files may be sent via WeTransfer. 

Your submission should include: 

• Short biography (150 words); 

• Artist statement (max. 250 words) outlining your artistic approach and research focus; 

• CV highlighting your artistic career (max. 5 pages); 

• Project summary (max. 250 words); 

• Detailed project description (max. 400 words) including: connection to your artistic practice, planned stages of development, technical needs (studio, camera, lighting, support, etc.), up to 10 images and/or video sequences. See OBORO’s equipment list here.

Please note: due to the number of applications, individual feedback will not be provided for submissions that are not selected.

Conditions Offered 

• Production and presentation fee: $1,100 (same amount for a duo or collective); 

• Up to $500 to cover costs of materials, equipment rental, or external human resources necessary for production and presentation (upon presentation of receipts); 

• Up to 5 consecutive days of access to OBORO's studios; 

• Access to equipment for project presentation; 

• Assistance from OBORO’s New Media Lab team (upon availability); 

• Promotion and documentation of the event. 

IMPORTANT: fees for collaborators are the responsibility of the artist. Other costs (travel, accommodation, production or presentation expenses exceeding $500 or incurred outside the program period) are the responsibility of the artist. 

You can consult OBORO’s accessibility information here.  

Previous Participants

Outside of its regular programming, pending the availability of resources, OBORO welcomes within its facilities presentation activities (launches, concerts, performances and other events) by artists and cultural organisations.

Assistance to presentation activities takes the form of access to equipment and spaces of the New Media Lab at reduced rates. This program is dedicated to supporting not-for-profit projects that are in accordance with OBORO’s mandate.

Interested individuals or organisations must send a package including the following information:

• An artistic description of the project
• Biographical information on the person(s) involved
• Audiovisual support material

Deadlines

• June 1: for projects taking place between September and December
• December 1: for projects taking place between February and May

Requests related to this program may be submitted via this FORM. Results are generally provided within 4 weeks.

For more information, contact us at lab@oboro.net or 514-844-3250 ext. 230.

Production assistance is provided in the form of access to equipment and spaces from the New Media Lab at a reduced rate to user members of the New Media Lab (artists or independent producers) for non commercial projects only. Candidates must provide precise information as to the reasons and context that justify their request (for example the difficulty of obtaining financing, first large scale project, sudden unexpected situation, etc.).

The application must include a description of the project from an artistic and technological standpoint, biographical information on the people involved and support material.

Deadlines

• June 1: for projects taking place between September and December
• December 1: for projects taking place between February and May

Requests related to this program may be submitted via this FORM. Results are generally provided within 4 weeks.

For more information, contact us at lab@oboro.net or 514-844-3250 ext. 230.