About Hotel Generation
Hotel Generation mentors the next generation of UK digital artists during the critical early stages of establishing a career in the arts.
The development programme selects 4 young digital artists and pairs them with a mentor to receive online curatorial guidance as they work on an exhibition proposal for arebyte’s exhibition space.
The skills-focused programme culminates in a solo exhibition at arebyte Digital Art Centre for one of the 4 participants, selected by a panel of leading experts from the new media art sector.
Hotel Generation aims to equip participants with the confidence to approach galleries, crafting clear exhibition proposals, managing timelines and budgets.
Eligibility Criteria
● 18 – 28 year olds emerging digital artist
● Living in the UK,
● can be in London on 24-25 Apr 2026
● Not currently enrolled at universities
9th Edition – REBOOT: Recoding Reality
REBOOT: Recoding Reality reimagines more equitable futures in which people have agency over technology and care for their environments. Amid escalating social, political, economic and ecological crises, dystopian narratives dominate public imagination. The programme asks: how can we organise more sustainable ways of living? What can we learn from alternative knowledge systems? How might individuals reclaim technological agency?
Through digital artists and thinkers developing decentralised tools, planetary ecological perspectives and cross-cultural approaches, REBOOT proposes new methodologies for navigating contemporary life. Rather than dwelling on collapse, it invites audiences to imagine viable alternatives and positions arebyte in Camden as an incubator for critical, future-facing digital art.
Programme Outline
● 4 online curatorial sessions with your dedicated mentor
● 2 online sessions with arebyte creative technologist
● London Weekend 24-25 Apr 2026 (expenses covered)
● £1,000 stipend (research, equipment, software, etc)
● A solo show to realise your proposal if you are selected by the judging panel
