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

The ninth edition of the MA/IN will take place in: • Castrignano De' Greci + Lecce | Sept. 25>29 / 2025 • Matera + Potenza | Oct. 1>5 / 2025 It is possible to submit works (1 submission per author) in the following categories:

Acousmatic Music ~ fixed media music. Multichannel compositions are accepted. Mixed Media Music ~ compositions for instruments and electronics, live or fixed media. AudioVisual ~ pre-recorded audiovisual works. Live Performance ~ works that include electronics and other elements, performed live. Sound and Media Art ~ sound and multimedia installations

Audiorama invites musicians, performers, and sound artists worldwide to submit 4-channel audio works for our public sound art installation, Ljudbänken (“The Sound Bench”). Selected audio works will be exhibited publicly on Skeppsholmen in Stockholm for a period of at least 2–4 weeks during 2025.

Eligibility: Open to artists of all nationalities and ages.

Submission Guidelines: All submitted audio works must meet the following criteria:

Audio Format:

• 4 channels audio file in WAV or AIFF format, in 44.1 kHz, 24-bit.
• Works of a duration up to 1 hour are accepted (audio will loop in a short, but non-seamless loop).

Please submit:

• Audio files at: https://audiorama.wetransfer.com Name audiofile like this: FullName-PieceTitle.WAV
• Fill out the form at: https://forms.gle/oRrFpGktgSBwo8ey7 (along with a brief description of the work, short artist bio etc).

No duration limitations apply No entry fee is required Open to all forms of electroacoustic music in the following categories:

• Category 1: fixed audio
• Category 2: instrument(s) and electronics (fixed and/or live)
• Category 3: video music
• Category 4: sound art, new interfaces, and other
• Works in progress will not be considered.

In the MANTRA The Art of Healing project we propose the production and proposal of art as a healing way to solve problems.

The works created for MANTRA MUSLAB 2025 are inspired by and based on the healing power potential of a “Mantra” aimed at healing for a transformation and regeneration of the world and of ourselves in favor of positive values ​​such as health, respect, equality, balance, peace and many other related values.

Art is a very powerful instrument that has many capabilities, from being a witnessof history and create a memory of it until it can be transformed, functioning as a mutant element that transforms the environment, society and its individuals. We believe in the capacity of art as a generator of consciousness.

• The duration of the works will be free.
• Only one work will be admitted for each category defined by composer.
• The works must be signed by the author(s) (pseudonyms are not allowed).
• All works, including those that have previously been presented in competitions and concerts, are eligible to participate, if accompanied by a letter of consent for their presentation.
• The author assumes responsibility for having the rights to present and publish the work that he submits to this exhibition.
• There is no registration fee.

Categories:

• Category A (audio only): open to stereo self-contained electroacoustic music (tape music) compositions. Number of channels allowed: stereo, 4.0, 5.1 8.0
• Category B (audio and video): open to autonomous electroacoustic musical compositions, With Video only one movement regardless of duration. Number of channels allowed: stereo, 4.0, 5.1 8.0

Number of channels allowed: stereo, 4.0, 5.1 8.0

Allowed formats: .aif, .wav, .mov, .mp4

• Category C (visual works.): open tovisual works compositions, 70 x 90 CM 300 dpi.

We are looking for two musicians/sound artists, who enjoy experimenting in a multichannel environment and are familiar with immersive sound system technology. We would like to see different approaches for both residencies, ideally as part of the residency projects:

1. Residency: from MON, 27 October – FRI, 7 November 2025

>> preference will be given to applicants who are willing to work with ambisonics impulse responses and seek to either advance techniques or work on standardizing and archiving issues. We can provide recording equipment (measuring speakers, ambisonics microphones).

1. Residency: from MON, 24 November – FRI, 4 December 2025

>> preference will be given to applicants who will work on a live performance, which can (and should) be presented as part of the OTTOsonics festival 2025 (5-7 of December)

Requested information

• bio or CV (max. 2 pages)
• current portfolio and/or other samples of work
• You may also submit supporting documentation (i.e. press reviews, video interviews etc. ).
• project proposal that includes a short description of your intended research and practice for the residency, its connection to your wider discipline, and what you hope to achieve during the residency (practical outcomes). What is important to us is to learn how you will work with immersive sound.
• material list & cost estimation

Fixed media works in multichannel (8–20.2) or ambisonics (up to 7OA)

Theme

Inspired by the festival theme "Panic yes/no," we pause to listen to how sound and music can reveal and conceal. In the face of ecological, political, and social challenges, music can take many possible roles: sound the alarm, distract and pacify, call to action, etc.

Audible Denial, Sonic Unheard explores these tensions. Does the lush virtual worlds' spatial audio allow the new velvet curtain to offer comfort while the walls crack? Or can they carve out spaces for dissonance, for listening against the grain?

As artists and listeners, we inhabit paradoxes: we perform while the ship sinks, compose while structures fail, and tune our ears to what remains unheard. In this context, does the digital music environment become a sanctuary, a spectacle, an aesthetic pleasure, or an acoustic blindfold?

Categories: Sound Art/Electroacoustic, Sound+Image, Radio/Transmission Art, Interactive Installation

New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) invites artists of all ages and nationalities to submit works on the theme ”Sound Culture” for consideration in New Adventures in Sound Art’s 2026 programming.

How do the sounds of a community reflect and convey its ethics, philosophies and general way of life? How does the design of space and the sounds found there form the sonic identity and character of a community?

NAISA encourages artists to submit works for interactive sound installations and sound sculptures for indoor and outdoor contexts. NAISA also accepts works for fixed media audio or audio-visual works, performances, livestreaming and any emerging digital formats that include sound as a primary element. Preference is for works that are already completed.

The theme for the Summer 2025 issue is Discomfort.

We are are seeking poetry, short stories, essays, experimental art, video, sound art, all forms of visual art as well as asemic writing and textual arts of all kinds.

Video and Sound Guidelines:

• Send a link to the video or sound file posting (Youtube, etc)
• Provide a short description of the piece (up to 100 words)
• For videos provide up to three still images
• Include a 50-100 word bio written in the third person with your submission.

Please send your submissions to editor@superpresent.org

• 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.

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.