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Booooooom x Capture: 2026 Public Art Open Call

For the seventh straight year we will be partnering with Capture Photography Festival, Western Canada’s largest lens-based art festival! Once again we will be curating a public art installation which will be mounted at the Olympic Village Canada Line Station in Vancouver. This is an international open call for photographers and artists making lens-based work.

The selected artist will be part of the 2026 Capture Photography Festival which will take place from April 1–30, 2026. The public art project will be on display from April–August 2026. The selected artist’s work will be featured in the 2026 Capture Catalogue and on the Capture and Booooooom websites. The artist will be paid a fee of approximately $775 CAD (the finalized artist fee will adhere to standard 2026 CARFAC fees for temporary public artworks in Canada).

Last year, we selected Ning Cheng as the artist for our 2025 Capture Public Art Project—you can read our interview with her here.

Ning Cheng, works from the Soft Wall series, 2023, courtesy of the Artist, Photo: Dennis Ha

Deadline for submissions: October 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM PST.

For the 2026 installation, the artwork will be installed on the glass façade of the Olympic Village Canada Line Station that faces W 2nd Ave at Cambie St. Up to five works will be printed on 60/40 opacity vinyl and will be installed within the surface area of the five glass columns. A didactic panel with information on the work will be placed alongside the installation. The five columns can be used to display one large horizontal image across all the panels or a series of five images. The successful artist will work with Booooooom and Capture to finalize the installation mock-up. 

Hiro Tanaka, works from “Chicarron” series 2018, installed at Olympic Village Station as part of Capture 2021, photo: Jocelyne Junker

You may submit a single work or a related series of works. If you want to submit multiple works that are not related to each other, please make multiple submissions, as multiple images in one entry will be considered as a single body of work, and the jury will take into consideration cohesiveness.

Please note we cannot publicly display images of people. As per InTransitBC Public Art Installation Policy: any depiction of graffiti, weapons, smoking, alcohol and drug paraphernalia, religious messages, corporate logos, or of individuals or groups within an artwork is not permitted

Unlimited entries are FREE for Booooooom members and Capture members. If you’re a Capture member, email Capture to request the submission link. All entries by non-members are subject to a fee of $15 USD paid at the time of submission.

All entries will be reviewed by Jeff Hamada, Editor-in-Chief of Booooooom, to identify a shortlist. This list will be reviewed by a jury of Capture Photography Festival and Boooooooom staff who will mutually agree upon a finalist. The chosen artist or artist group will be selected in November. All applicants will receive a notification after the final selection in November.

Deadline for submissions: October 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM PST.

 

If you are unable to afford a membership, we are offering one-time submissions for people who are experiencing financial hardship. Head over here to fill out a request form and let us know about your situation. (Available until October 6 2025)

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