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

• What: Submit audio works inspired by the concept of Growth
• Format: WAV, max 8 min
• Theme: Biodiversity in all its literal and metaphorical forms
• Compensation: 100 € per selected track

We invite sound artists, poets, experimental musicians, researchers and sound designers to share their unique and specific perspectives on the concept of growth. In this Open Call, we are looking for short audio productions concerned with topics of biodiversity: These subtopics may concern the specific representation of species, habitats and ecosystems, the influences on biodiversity, the consequences of biodiversity loss and measures against the loss of biodiversity. Metaphorical, representational as well as literal concepts are welcome.

Two Production Awards, each with a prize of €5,000, are available for composers, sound artists, and artist-researchers working in electronic and electroacoustic music.

• Eligibility: Applicants (individuals or collectives) must submit one composition (maximum five years old) and a proposal for a not-yet-realized work lasting up to 20 minutes. Excerpts of the two prize-winning compositions will be performed by composers during the award ceremony.
• Theme: We encourage work proposals aligning with our theme of »Fellow Futures«, critically engaging with listening politics and amplifying voices that challenge linear, exclusionary narratives.
• Production: The awarded project will be produced at ZKM I Hertzlab or SWR Experimentalstudio and will premiere at ZKM I KUBUS in 2026. Learn more about the production facilities at ZKM I Hertzlab and SWR Experimentalstudio here: ZKM I Hertzlab, SWR Experimentalstudio. The production residency lasts three weeks at the SWR Experimentalstudio and four weeks at ZKM I Hertzlab. The production award of €5,000 is intended to fully compensate for travel, accomodation, artist fees, material costs and performance costs.

By applying to the open call, you confirm to be available for a residency and performance sometime between March and July 2026. If the project proposal includes an instrumental piece, the composition may involve up to three performing musicians. All instruments must be transportable by the musicians themselves. Performance fees for the musicians will be covered within the usual framework. Any deviations from this must be agreed upon separately.

Interactive installations and exhibition projects that visually and/or acoustically engage with new technologies and digital possibilities. The works should not be older than three years.

Audiovisual projects that fit the spaces:

• Theatre/BlackBox: The audience (max. 160 people) sits on stands in the room, projections (3x approx. 4x 4 m, frontal, left and right) are possible.
• Church room (St. Thaddäus): Classical church room with large sanctuary and bench seating, especially suitable for acoustic and slightly amplified sound performances.
• Small theatre: Especially for installations that can also be performed or for smaller experimental projects.

Furthermore, other locations in the city or open and green spaces surrounding Kulturhaus abraxas are available as exhibition venues or intervention sites.

Innovative technical as well as artistic projects that are developed together with children, youngsters and/or adults. The duration ofthe workshop should not exceed 120 minutes.

The works will be selected by a team of curators. The organization will cover travel, accommodation, food and transport costs. In addition, all artists will receive an expense allowance.

Project submission

should include the following :

• project description (at least 500 characters)
• video and/or image material
• technical rider
• artist bio
• links

You can apply with more than one project, concert or workshop.

Categories A) Stereo pieces

B) Binaural pieces (for headphones diffusion)

C) Multichannel (8-channel) pieces (for projection on APNÉES’ multichannel device 8.1, within the activity of the inDREAM – international network for the Diffusion of Recorded Electronic & Acousmatic Multichannel music – network)

D) Fixed-media audiovisual works (works including both a sonic and a visual component) Note : only audiovisual works on digital format and stereo audio track will be accepted

Composers, creators, and sound artists (either individuals or collectives) are invited to submit their works (field-recording, soundscape, acousmatic works, …) via the following form :

https://forms.gle/kJ1nYqaoomB77tpC9

including the following elements:

Non-perishable link to an audio file (.wav 48kHz, 24bit format) archived on a permanent platform (Drive, Cloud, Dropbox, … – not WeTransfer or similar), accessible until October 6, 2025. Application file, in a single .pdf file shared via a non-perishable link (Drive, Cloud, Dropbox, … – not WeTransfer or similar), accessible until October 6, 2025 and including : ► Description/note of intent of the piece, allowing assessment of relevance to the festival theme and including author, year of composition and duration ► Short bio (max 200 words) ► Distribution plan (for multichannel works)

The eviMus Festival and the KuBa – Kulturzentrum am EuroBahnhof present the "Saarbrücker Tage für elektroakustische und visuelle Musik" in Saarbrücken (Germany). The eviMus Festival is a three-day festival focusing on new music in all of its forms. All events are free and open to the public. All composers, regardless of nationality, age or career stage, are invited to apply. Since the number of applications exceeds the places available, there will be a selection process.

The submitted works must fulfill the following requirements:

1. Category A - Fixed media:

Four channel up to eight channel works for fixed media (Format: WAV or AIFF files, 44,1 kHz, 24 bits, separate channels -mono-). Stereo works are not going to be considered.

1. Category B - Video:

Works for video and music are eligible (stereo or more channels).

Composers can submit several works (but only one work per composer will be included in the concerts). Works which last 8 minutes or less are preferred; no work should exceed 10 minutes.