Inspiration Forum Lab, a year-long interdisciplinary programme for researchers, artists, and cultural practitioners, has announced the selected participants for its 2025/26 edition. Out of almost 200 applications received from across Europe, nine candidates have been chosen to take part in the Lab.

The selection process was carried out by a committee composed of IF Lab tutors Lenka Vráblíková and Lenka Hámošová, representatives of partner institutions (Sandra Sajovic, Kersnikova Institute, Slovenia, and Juraj Hoppan, Sensorium, Slovakia), and the organizer (Tereza Swadoschová, Šárka Zahálková, Inspiration Forum, Czechia). Following a thorough review of all applications, shortlisted candidates were invited for interviews before the final decision was made.

We are delighted to introduce the IF Lab 2025/26 cohort. Over the coming year, these nine artists and researchers will jointly explore the concept of trajectories – both as structural and metaphorical movements across time and space. Their journey will begin in October during the first Lab session, held as part of one of Europe’s largest documentary film festivals, Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival.
Participants:

Clara Baj (FR/BE) – visual anthropologist, documentary filmmaker, and curator
Daniela Brill Estrada (CO/AT) – visual artist and researcher
Penelope Cain (AU/NL) – visual artist, biologist and researcher
Imke Hullmann (DE/NL) – urban planner, architect, and researcher
Karl Kaisel (EE) – visual artist and filmmaker
Seta Astreou Karides (CY) – visual artist and performance maker
Magda Kopańska (PL) – social anthropologist
Markéta Švarcová (CZ) – sociologist and researcher
Mana Tashakorinia (IR/FI) – filmmaker and researcher