This durational experiment will criss-cross the globe with a stream of short video artworks punctuated with live segments produced by international partners. Re–Fest will take place online on LiveLab Broadcaster, an open source platform that allows artists to take over the controls, so the broadcast is not singularly controlled from one location or curated from one vision, and includes real time interactions with the audience.


CultureHub will stitch together the submissions to create a multi-day livestream of short video art pieces that will be interrupted by live segments from international producers.

⧫ We recognize that how borders are drawn and countries are defined is fraught. We aim to be as inclusive as possible with the goal of including at least one work from every country.

Audio/Visual pieces can respond to the theme and the following questions: How we engage with the resources available to us, especially as they become increasingly limited which can cause division and social tension. What resources are being undervalued? How can we frame qualities like truth and kindness as resources? How do we as artists, technologists, activists, and scientists acquire and distribute social capital—the value of our relationships—in an equitable way? How can we forge unlikely partnerships across different fields to create new resources for our community?

If you are having trouble accessing the open call submission form, please email refest@culturehub.org!

A browser based low-latency live-streaming platform that allows for real time interactions with online audiences.

Re–Fest will take place in your web browser using LiveLab Broadcaster. The open-source project is supported and used by CultureHub and NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. It has been used by CultureHub and La MaMa in the following productions: Take 21 (2022), A Few Deep Breaths (2022), Fractals of Prometheus (2023) and Downtown Variety Ukraine Edition (2023).