About this format
This format is valuable because it creates language with you, not just about you.
The interview begins with a close reading of your materials: your statement, your CV, your current series, and the direction your work is taking. From there, our editorial team develops a question list designed to bring out what is specific, alive, and structurally important in the practice.
The result is not just content. It becomes part of your professional record. It can sit inside your portfolio, support future applications, help contextualize the work for curators and institutions, and strengthen the written architecture around your career.
Overview
This format is designed for artists who need more than a short introduction.
A strong written interview can do something a bio or statement often cannot. It can slow the work down enough for its logic, tensions, methods, and direction to become more visible. It gives artists language that feels more lived-in, more credible, and more usable across future opportunities.
This format is especially useful when the artist needs a serious but accessible text that can travel. The resulting publication can support applications, portfolio development, grant writing, residency proposals, academic contexts, and visa portfolios for O-1, EB-1A, or global talent pathways.
Best for
artists building a stronger written public profile
artists preparing for grants, residencies, fellowships, and gallery submissions
artists who need better language around their practice for portfolios and long-term positioning
artists developing materials for O-1, EB-1A, global talent visa, and long-term international careers
artists who want a more thoughtful and externally framed record than a self-written statement alone
FROM REVIEW TO PUBLICATION.
01 / Submit
Send your portfolio and a short note about what you would like to present.
02 / Editorial review
We consider the materials and whether this format is an appropriate fit.
03 / Confirm scope & fee
If selected, you receive the proposed scope, publication destination, timeline, and fee before deciding whether to proceed.
04 / Develop & publish
Once the agreed terms are confirmed, we prepare and publish the feature.
Publication destination, timeline, and terms are confirmed before work begins.
BEFORE YOU APPLY.
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What does the publication fee cover? The agreed editorial preparation, layout, and online publication for this format. A full interview, commissioned critical essay, and multimedia production are not included in this presentation format.
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Where will it be published? The destination is specified in your publication offer. Participation does not automatically include STRATUM publication, academic peer review, or distribution across every ELSEHERE channel.
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What should I submit? A portfolio or website, a short biography, an artist statement if available, and the work you would like considered. Please identify the creators and rights holders of any submitted images.
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Does payment guarantee acceptance? No. Editorial selection comes first. The publication fee applies to accepted projects; it does not replace editorial review.
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Can I request financial support? You may explain financial constraints in your submission. Reduced-fee or supported participation is considered individually and is not guaranteed.
What's Included
Option 1 — Written Interview Feature
close editorial reading of your practice
review of your artist statement, CV, current work, and artistic direction
tailored question list developed by ELSEHERE
artist-written responses
editorial shaping and refinement
publication in STRATUM
permanent shareable link
Option 2 — Written Interview Feature + Editorial Presentation Feature
everything in Option 1
dedicated artist presentation entry
selected works, short bio, and statement linked to the interview
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 — Written Interview Feature $220
Option 2 — Written Interview Feature + Editorial Presentation Feature $240
A limited number of supported placements may be considered where cost would otherwise prevent participation.
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.
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.
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.
