Alpaca Festival

Alpaca Festival Open Call: Pattern-Based Workshops, Talks and Performances

Deadline
01 November 2026
Application fee
FREE
For
Practitioners engaged in pattern-based arts (weaving, braiding, origami, live/creative coding, etc.)

Alpaca is a festival on Algorithmic Patterns in the Creative Arts, comprised of live performances, workshops and conference talks. It brings together people who value deep, human curiosity into patterns — whether in heritage crafts or contemporary algorithmic art (but not AI).

Humans have always explored algorithmic patterns as creative, culturally-embedded ways to work beyond our imaginations. The festival focuses on pattern-making procedures, material behaviours, and pattern-making culture.

Who can apply

  • All practitioners engaged in pattern-based arts (weaving, braiding, origami, live/creative coding, etc.)

What you get

  • Performers and workshop leaders: national travel expenses + artist fee
  • Conference speakers: free festival pass