Phygital Performance Fund for Immersive Art

Supporting artists at the frontier of live performance, immersive technology, and phygital art—presented at Carriageworks, Sydney.

The Phygital Performance Fund for Immersive Art supports emerging and established artists working across physical performance and digital technologies, from interactive installations to live, 360-degree experiences. Led by Box of Birds in partnership with Carriageworks, the fund is anchored in Bay 19, a large-scale, technically advanced presentation space in Sydney. Through curated salons, showcases, and installations, the fund provides artists with access to professional-grade projection, sound, tracking, and performance infrastructure, fostering experimentation, exchange, and public engagement around the future of immersive performance.

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Eligibility

This fund in 2026 is open to artists and collectives working globally, provided their work can be presented at Carriageworks in Sydney. Priority will be given to artists based in New South Wales, reflecting the fund’s commitment to supporting the local creative ecosystem, while remaining open to exceptional international projects aligned with the curatorial vision. Selection emphasizes artistic quality, rigor of practice, and diversity across disciplines, identities, and generations. Working will initially be presented in mid/ late 2026.
To qualify for this fund, projects must meet the following eligibility requirements:
- Be led by an emerging or established artist or collective working in immersive, interactive, or live performance practices
- Combine digital and physical approaches, such as projection, spatial media, gaming technologies, sensors, or real-time interaction
- Be capable of being presented at Carriageworks, Sydney, including in-person participation where required
- Demonstrate a strong calibre of previous work and a disciplined approach to practice and presentation
- Be technically and conceptually feasible within a shared, large-scale presentation environment
- Align with a curated program that values diversity across artistic practice, gender, cultural identity, and age
- Be open to participating in salon-style showcases, installations, or experimental public presentations
Curated projects may be invited into an ongoing dialogue with Box of Birds as part of a multi-year curatorial salon program at Bay 19 (2026–2028), with final presentation decisions remaining at the discretion of the curatorial team.

Projects (22)

22 submitted

Project	Status	Raised
Locus	submitted	$8
Reimagine Immersive Presents: Ancient Magic	submitted	$0
Remembering to Forget	submitted	$9,097
Gaia Sound Temple	submitted	$5,056
FutureZoo	submitted	$215,046
Mango Magic Movement	submitted	$28,679
Participatory Spatial Music Show	submitted	$54
HOPE	submitted	$20,814
Neurodevelop: Neuromodulation for everyone	submitted	$1,790
Augmented Reality On-Chain	submitted	$10,787
GreenPill Uganda: Uganda's Regenerative Agriculture and web3 mission	submitted	$11
Curating Augmented Reality Exhibitions for a Global Public Space	submitted	$155
MusicaW3	submitted	$52,007
Human After All	submitted	$10
PROOF OF EXISTENCE 2026	submitted	$0
American Season	submitted	$0
SENSEI- ALL SENSES CULINARY EXPERIENCE	submitted	$4
Sonic Tuning Table of Coherence	submitted	$0
SampleRate	submitted	$673
UFB	submitted	$0
Graphic Score Ecologies	submitted	$0
Elevated Expressions	submitted	$0