Guest Room: Annet Dekker & Margriet Schavemaker

Guest Room is Der Greif's recurring curator-led open call format. Each edition is shaped by an external curator or curatorial duo who set the theme and selection criteria. This Guest Room is curated jointly by Annet Dekker and Margriet Schavemaker.

Dekker is Associate Professor of Cultural Analysis and MA Coordinator of Archival and Information Studies at the University of Amsterdam, and co-director of the Centre for the Study of the Networked Image at London South Bank University. Schavemaker is Director of Kunstmuseum Den Haag and specialises in modern and contemporary culture, museum practice, and digital art.

The theme is "The Brilliance of the Mundane." The brief asks for reflection on the unnoticed and unremarkable: everyday images shaped by happenstance, hasty habits, glitched files, accidental photos, repetitive imagery. The curators frame these fragments as a form of digital folklore fuelling contemporary image practices, and ask how to restore dignity to images that are typically dismissed.

Selected work is published on Der Greif's platform. Selected artists also receive a face-to-face feedback session with the curators. One artist receives a €250 Guest Room scholarship. Eligibility is open globally; works previously selected in past Der Greif opportunities are not eligible.

Submission is through Picter. The fee is voluntary (PWYC) — €10 suggested but not required, with 50–100% hardship vouchers available by emailing voucher-guestroom@dergreif.org. The deadline is June 6, 2026 at 11:59 PM CET; the resulting online exhibition launches July 2026 on dergreif.org.