The exhibition TOO MUCH emerged from a collaboration between Nataly Shafir and curator and creator Manuela Klauser, in partnership with AVGD Gallery, Kunstmeile Basel, and the Designers with AI community. An open call is now inviting AI artists to submit work for the exhibition, which will take place in Basel, Switzerland, in May 2026. The theme centers on the moment when a single idea is pushed beyond its own boundaries - expanding, repeating, multiplying, and transforming until it becomes something else entirely. Artists are invited to take one concept and explore what happens when it is stretched to its limit.
The exhibition title: TOO MUCH. The theme is as precise as the name: the moment when an idea crosses its own limits, expanding, repeating, transforming. Artists are invited to take a single concept and push it until it becomes something else entirely.
What the Format Requires
Submission requirements call for a vertical video work up to 20 seconds long, in 9:16 format, without sound, with a submission deadline of April 16, 2026. This format - a short vertical clip - is not an accidental choice. It's the format that defines our visual consumption in 2026. Work with the format people already know how to read, and challenge the audience through the content, not the form itself.
Why This Matters Beyond the Specific Call
Beyond the open call itself, there is also something broader here worth paying attention to. From what Maya encounters through her work with creators, curators, communities, and content platforms in this space, it seems increasingly clear that more and more works created with generative tools are entering frameworks of exhibition-making, curatorial practice, and cultural discourse. They are being seen not only as digital formats or technological experiments, but as part of a medium that is actively taking shape and asking for a real place within the cultural landscape. For artists working in this field, this could be a compelling opportunity to submit work to an international platform built around an open, expansive, and thought-provoking theme
The Broader Invitation
The open call represents an approach that is still not taken for granted: that AI art deserves the platform of a gallery, curation, and physical display. Not only in a digital feed, not only in an online competition - in an exhibition space. For Israeli AI artists, and for anyone interested in the intersection of generative tools and artistic expression, the April 16, 2026 deadline is an invitation worth examining.