Curated by Michèle Saint-Michel
Risograph publication via Bad Saturn Media
Hosted at Millennium Film Workshop, Brooklyn, NY — October 24–30, 2025
Deadline to apply: Friday, August 1, 2025 at MIDNIGHT EST
Link to submit: https://forms.gle/Nyo9Y1q189vC1Cbt8
Skin in the Game, a group exhibition and poetry publication curated by Michèle St. Michel. October 24–30, 2025 at Millennium Film Workshop, Brooklyn. Poster design by Bad Saturn.
Skin in the Game is a group exhibition, screening, and risograph poetry collection, exploring what it means to put your body—your real, pulsing, breakable body—on the line. In love. In labor. In protest. In performance.
The works in this show will speak from the surface of the skin and the space just beneath it: the site of contact, vulnerability, memory, and commitment.
We are currently accepting submissions from artists, filmmakers, writers, performers, poets, and interdisciplinary creators. We’re especially interested in work that engages somatic and surreal processes—work that treats the body as both map and threshold. Pieces may lean into vulnerability, trace pain, track sensation, or reflect states of transformation.
You might be working in movement, sound, moving image, sculpture, text, or something that refuses to stay in one category. We welcome both tender and feral approaches—work that speaks from love, grief, protest, performance, memory, or metamorphosis.
We are especially interested in:
embodiment as resistance or risk
somatic memory, wounds, and healing
surreal or speculative approaches to self-mapping
clothing, fabric, or veils as material containers for the body
gestures of intimacy, care, rupture, resistance, or emotional exposure
the body as archive, battlefield, altar, or document
This is not a metaphorical call for neat ideas dressed in flesh. This is a call for the messy, the tender. Artists who are living their questions. Work that holds a pulse. Presence and exposure. The body as archive. The body as question. The body as offering.
Submission Categories
Short Film & Video Art
Runtime: Up to 15 minutes
Main screening on Friday, October 24
Submission fee: $15 ($10 students)
Installation, Visual Art, & Sculptural Work
For gallery display. The venue is small and best suited for 3 to 8 works.
Please outline technical and spatial needs.
Submission fee: $25 ($20 students)
Sound / Performance / Movement
Live or embodied pieces will be programmed for Saturday, October 25.
Submission fee: $25 ($20 students)
Concrete Poetry for Risograph Publication
Bad Saturn will publish a curated collection of concrete, visual, and somatic poetry in conjunction with the exhibition. Please submit up to 2 poems or 2 pages total, formatted to fit 5.25 x 8 inches, portrait or square. Accepted work will be printed via risograph and released during the show.
Submission fee: $15 ($10 students)
Key Dates
Submission Deadline: Friday, August 1, 2025 at 5pm EST
Notification of Acceptance: September 1, 2025
Installation: Thursday, October 23, 2025
Main Screening & Opening: Friday, October 24, 2025
Performance Night: Saturday, October 25, 2025
Gallery Exhibition Run: October 24–30, 2025
Deinstallation: Thursday, October 30, 2025
How to Apply
Please include the following in your submission:
Artist Info: Name, contact, short bio (100 words max)
Upload Your Work:
Film/Video: Vimeo or YouTube link (with password if needed)
Installation/Sculpture: Up to 5 images or sketches with dimensions and materials
Sound/Performance: Written description with duration, tech needs, and samples if available
Poetry: Up to 2 poems or 2 pages total (PDF). Work must be sized no larger than 5.25 x 8 inches, portrait or square. Include layout notes if applicable.
Project Description: A short description (200–300 words) about how your work engages with Skin in the Game and its themes of embodiment, risk, and transformation
Submit Payment: Multiple entries are allowed and encouraged. We accept Venmo and PayPal. Work will not be reviewed until payment is received.
We have a limited number of sponsored entries available for those with financial need. To request a fee waiver, email michelesaintmichel@gmail.com with a brief note.