WHO THIS IS FOR
Grant & fellowship applications
Residency & academic programs
O-1, EB-1A & global talent visa cases
Portfolio & press development
A stronger editorial feature, interview, or published text can give institutions, curators, and selection panels a fuller understanding of your practice, its direction, and the context in which the work is developing.
Publication, critical framing, and a more durable public-facing record can also become meaningful supporting materials across grants, residencies, academic opportunities, and international artist visa pathways.
These formats help artists build stronger language, more usable links, and clearer editorial materials for galleries, curators, collaborators, and future opportunities.
Overview
This format is for artists who want their public record to move beyond text alone.
It begins with a close reading of your practice, your artist statement, your CV, your current series, and the direction your work is taking now. From there, ELSEHERE develops a clear interview structure and question list, then builds the feature outward through live conversation, transcription-based publication, and expanded public-facing presentation.
This format is especially useful for artists whose work benefits from voice, rhythm, tone, and presence. It allows a more dimensional encounter with the practice while still producing a written record that can travel into portfolios, grant applications, residency proposals, institutional introductions, and visa documentation.
Best for
artists who want a stronger public-facing feature across video and text
artists whose work benefits from live conversation, spoken nuance, and presence
artists building a fuller portfolio for galleries, grants, residencies, and curatorial review
artists preparing public-facing materials for O-1, EB-1A, global talent visa, and longer international pathways
artists who want not only publication, but stronger circulation
About this format
This format gives artists something many standard interviews do not: movement between forms.
The conversation becomes a live record. The live record becomes written publication. The written publication can then support the artist in more formal settings. With the expanded options, the work is also given a stronger visual frame and wider circulation.
This is particularly valuable for artists whose practices are nuanced, process-driven, or difficult to flatten into a short statement.
WHO CAN APPLY
This program is open to international artists and cultural practitioners whose work aligns with ELSEHERE’s editorial scope.
We work across media, including visual art, performance, moving image, installation, text-based practice, and interdisciplinary forms.
Applicants should have at least a basic public-facing presence, such as a website, portfolio, or relevant online materials.
SELECTION & REVIEW
ELSEHERE works through a curated editorial model.
There is no fee to submit for review.
Only selected artists receive a publication offer.
Publication fees apply only after selection.
This allows us to work with greater editorial care and to build a stronger, more durable public-facing record for the artists and texts we choose to publish.
HOW IT WORKS
01
Submit the Intake Form
Share your practice, materials, intended use, and interest in this format. There is no fee to submit.
02
Editorial Review
We review your submission and determine which format may be the strongest fit based on scope, materials, and editorial alignment.
03
Recommendation & Next Step
If selected, we will follow up with the proposed scope, publication fee, and timeline.
04
Writing & Publication
Once confirmed, we begin the editorial process and move toward publication, feature development, or commissioned writing depending on the selected format.
RIGHTS AND USE
Artists retain copyright to their original work and materials. By participating, artists grant ELSEHERE a non-exclusive right to publish, circulate, and promote the resulting feature through STRATUM Journal and related ELSEHERE channels, with full credit. Artists may continue to use the published text and excerpts across portfolios, websites, press kits, grant and residency applications, academic materials, and artist visa documentation.
What's Included
Option 1 — Curated Multimedia Feature
close editorial reading of your practice and submitted materials
tailored interview framework and question list
one live Zoom interview
interview published on YouTube
written publication developed from the live interview transcription
Option 2 — Curated Multimedia Feature + Artist Presentation
everything in Option 1
artist presentation feature
selected works, short bio, and statement
Option 3 — Curated Multimedia Feature + Presentation + Promotion
everything in Option 2
social media promotion and circulation support
Promotion and circulation may include, where relevant:
Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, Rednote / Xiaohongshu, WeChat Official Account, Douyin, and Bilibili.
Selection & Fee
All formats are offered on a selected basis. Publication fees vary by format and scope, and are outlined within each format page.
A PUBLICATION FEE APPLIES ONLY TO SELECTED ARTISTS.
If cost would otherwise make participation difficult, you are welcome to note this in your submission. ELSEHERE offers a limited support option for artists who are unable to cover the full publication fee. Depending on individual circumstances, support may be offered at a reduced rate or, in select cases, at full support.
Publication fees support editorial development, review, design, formatting, and long-term publication maintenance across ELSEHERE and STRATUM.
This format is offered on a selected basis.
There is no fee to submit for review.
If confirmed, the current publication fee (selected artists only) is:
Option 1 — Curated Multimedia Feature $680
Option 2 — Curated Multimedia Feature + Artist Presentation $820
Option 3 — Curated Multimedia Feature + Presentation + Promotion $950
A limited number of supported placements may be considered where cost would otherwise prevent participation.
