Calls
A Curated Directory of Sound Art and Electroacoustic Music Related Calls in and around Austria

Sound Scene curators ask a few questions of each proposal:

How does this work illuminate the Sound Scene theme?

Has the artist demonstrated the experience needed to bring this work to life?

Will this be a meaningful experience for audiences at Sound Scene?

• No entry fee
• No age limit
• No style restriction
• 2-16 channels
• Up to 2 works/composer
• Works selected in previous festival editions are no longer eligible
• Composers selected in former festival editions can submit again

We are welcoming entries in the following media:

• Sound Installations & Sculptures
• Interactive works
• Audio only works (including multi-channel works)
• Audio–Visual Works
• Graphic Scores

Eligibility

• The competition is open to emerging sound artists, including students
• Entries are welcomed from all countries of residence, nationalities and age groups
• Entries must be new works, created after January 2024
• Entries cannot have been previously exhibited, performed or have been selected in other competitions
• Collaborative works will be accepted, providing all contributors are emerging artists. Collaborative works will count towards the limit of one entries per artist

The online journal ECHO invites submissions for its upcoming seventh issue on "Speculative Sound Synthesis," edited by David Pirrò, and Leonie Strecker. ECHO is the online publication of the Music, Thought and Technology research group at Orpheus Instituut, Ghent.

Contributors should upload materials sufficient for peer review (text files, images, media, code in standard formats), along with a brief description of their intended use of the platform, by February 28, 2025 to:

https://airtable.com/appJQ9K5WIfFqp9dp/shrlK4JOTpkOGpWzX

Final contributions should generally not exceed 4000 words.