Visual Discourse

Call for
Student Narrative Exhibition

We are thrilled to announce an open call for exhibitions in the student track of Visual Discourse 2024, dedicated to exploring and celebrating visual narratives. We invite students and recent graduates from various art, design and media disciplines to showcase their work, offering a platform for diverse and innovative narrative media.

Who can submit?

We invite students, trainees, and emerging designers (recent graduates who obtained their degree or diploma in June 2022 or later) from any graduate or postgraduate programs to submit their visual narrative design projects. Please ensure that a PDF copy of your student or trainee ID, or your degree certificate, is uploaded for verification purposes.

Exhibition
Categories

We welcome submissions across a broad spectrum of formats:

Narrative
Media Types

We are interested in exhibitions that explore the following narrative media:

  • Graphic Narrative: Illustrated books, comics, graphic novels, character design.
  • Moving Images: Short films, animations, video documentaries or video art that convey a strong narrative.
  • Narratives in Games/Interactive Narratives: Story-driven games or interactive storytelling projects.
  • New Media/XR Narrative Experiences: Cutting-edge narratives in virtual, augmented, or mixed reality.
  • Unclassifiable Narratives: Projects that push the boundaries of traditional narrative forms.

Important Dates

Submission

Each submission should include the following:

All exhibits will be provided with a wall outlet, a table and a chair. All the other equipment required to exhibit the work must be brought to the venue by the participants. In case the outcome is video (film /animation), it will be screened at a designated screening space.

Submission Summary

Selection & Curation

Submissions will be reviewed by the chairs, along with a panel of designers, artists and domain experts. If selected, the participants will be contacted via email.

Selection Criteria

Requirements Post Acceptance

Upon acceptance, additional details and requirements will be provided to the participants via email. The participants will be asked to prepare a poster explaining their work, which will be displayed at the venue. The dimensions and details of the poster will be communicated closer to the conference date.

Note: AT LEAST ONE participant per submission MUST attend the conference to exhibit the work and be included in the conference manual.

Exhibition & Presentation

The participants must be available at least a day before the conference to learn the location and install and test the exhibits. Further instructions will be provided at the time of acceptance.

Contact Information

For queries, please contact the Track chairs - Bharat Parmar, Swati Agarwal & Aman Xaxa, at