Help The Wrong Biennale give more back

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Optimise Whatever — The Wrong Biennale 2027/28

After fourteen years and seven editions, The Wrong is raising €50,000 to give more back to the artists and curators who make it possible.

Your donation will help provide stronger support for selected Pavilions, dedicated international promotion and, for the first time, financial grants through The Wrong Awards.

The eighth edition, Optimise Whatever, takes place worldwide from 1 November 2027 to 31 March 2028.

Help make it possible. Donate what you can, share this campaign, or introduce The Wrong to someone who might want to support it.

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Optimise Whatever

Faster. Smarter. Leaner. Sharper. Stronger. Richer. Younger. Prettier. Happier. Healthier. More connected. More productive. More efficient. More visible. More relevant. More profitable. Always on. Always upgrading. Never enough. Perfect.

We live within systems designed to measure, accelerate and improve everything. From algorithms to bodies, productivity to attention, everything is expected to perform better.

But what defines human improvement? What gets pushed aside when every part of life becomes something to optimise? What truly matters beyond measure?

Optimise Whatever invites artists, curators and audiences to explore these questions through contemporary digital culture.

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The Wrong, so far

Since 2013, The Wrong has connected digital art across screens, networks, cities and institutions worldwide. More than 14,000 artists and curators have participated across 1,000+ Pavilions, embassies and institutions.

An independent, global biennale for digital culture, The Wrong brings together online exhibitions, physical embassies, screenings, events and experimental projects. There is no central venue: each project develops its own curatorial vision while connecting to the wider Biennale.

The Wrong has received an honorary mention from the European Commission’s S+T+ARTS initiative and is a member of the International Biennial Association.

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What your donation makes possible

This campaign supports three connected ambitions: helping selected Pavilions enhance their presence, bringing their work to wider audiences, and recognising outstanding artistic and curatorial work through financial grants.

Funds raised will support:

• The Wrong Awards: financial grants, jury and programme administration, and dedicated promotion of recipients.

• Pavilion support and international communication: coordination, editorial activity and promotion of selected projects across The Wrong’s network.

• The TW8 platform: development and maintenance of the website, online programme and digital presence.

• Campaign and programme operations: payment processing, administration and contingency.

The fundraising target is €50,000, with no minimum funding threshold. If less is raised, the programme budget will be adjusted to the funds available. Additional funding will expand grants, Pavilion support and international promotion.

The amount available for Awards grants will depend on the total raised and the costs of delivering the programme.

Every donation helps determine how much TW8 can give back.

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How to support TW8

Donate any amount that feels right for you.

Share the campaign with friends, colleagues and people who care about independent art. Help it reach individuals and organisations that could support its future.

Donations support the programme as a whole. Financial support has no influence on Pavilion selection or Awards decisions.

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The Wrong Awards

TW8 introduces The Wrong Awards to recognise, reward and amplify outstanding artistic and curatorial work emerging from the Biennale.

Every selected Pavilion, its curators and participating artists are automatically eligible. No separate application is required.

There are no fixed categories. The jury will review eligible works and projects, recognising those that take risks, open new possibilities and move contemporary artistic practice forward.

Recipients will receive financial grants, international recognition and dedicated promotion across The Wrong’s global network, helping their work reach wider audiences and supporting what they do next.

Grant amounts will be determined by the funds raised.

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Key dates

• 11 June 2027: Official TW8 programme announced.

• 1 November 2027: The Wrong Biennale opens worldwide.

• 22 January 2028: The Wrong Awards winners announced.

• 31 March 2028: The eighth edition closes.

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A personal note

I started The Wrong in 2013 imagining a biennale for digital art that worked like the internet: connected, spread across places and full of things you weren’t looking for.

Fourteen years and seven editions later, it feels like the right moment to find ways for The Wrong to give more back to the people who make it possible.

That is why I’m asking for your support.

If The Wrong has introduced you to an artist, brought you into a conversation or given your work a place to be seen, I hope you’ll help make that possible for others.

Donate what you can. Share the campaign.

Tell someone why it matters to you.

Let’s Optimise Whatever, together.

David Quiles Guilló

Founder, The Wrong Biennale