Who has the freedom to move without restrictions? Whose bodies are visible and whose remain hidden? Who has the right to rest?
For the sixth issue of MINDSCAPES, our digital magazine published twice a year, we explore “Body in Motion”.
From contemporary art, performance, dance and music to everyday gestures and physical labour, we are interested in how movement can foster self-realisation, creativity and well-being, but also reveal inequalities and the limits imposed on ourselves.
Please send us your short proposals for written pieces on contemporary art, performance, dance and cross-disciplinary practices. We are particularly interested in ideas exploring how the body and movement relate to mental health and the social conditions that shape our lives.
We are interested in, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Who has the right to move? Texts on freedom of movement and expression in relation to gender, migration, origin and environmental conditions. We are interested in who has access to space and safety, and how these conditions shape the ways bodies can move and be seen.
- Bodies at work: Texts on physical labour, fatigue and dignity expressed through art. How does work shape the body, and what do exhaustion, repetition and rest reveal about the conditions in which we live and work?
- Bodies that resist norms: Texts on bodies that challenge conventions of ability, beauty and the boundaries of what is considered human. How can artistic practices question these categories and broaden the ways of understanding the body?
We welcome:
- critical essays,
- texts on artistic and performance practices,
- curator’s or artist’s perspectives – both critical and poetic reflections on contemporary culture,
- proposals for interviews, conversations;
How to submit:
Send a short concept (5–6 sentences), a brief biography and an optional link to previous articles or essays to media@contemporarylynx.com with the title OPEN CALL MINDSCAPES.
Submissions accepted in English or Polish.
Deadlines:
Pitch: 30 October 2026
We offer a fee for written contributions.
Full text: 30 November 2026 (after selection)
MINDSCAPES is much more than a special edition of Contemporary Lynx magazine. Each issue brings together artists, writers and researchers to explore themes that matter both to contemporary art and to the world beyond it. We examine the relationships between art, ecology, society, politics and material culture. We aim to inspire critical reflection and open up a wider conversation about the role of art in today’s world — a world marked by uncertainty and conflict, but also by care, community and hope.
