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

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.

The theme for the Spring 2025 issue is Movement

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

DEVICES FOR LISTENING: sculptural sounds & sound sculptures

For our April episode, we’re diving into listening devices, sound sculptures, and the objects that mediate (and help interpret) the sounds that surround us.

This episode will feature Walter Phillips Gallery Curator, Jacqueline Bell, in an interview about the current exhibition, Listening Devices, as well as work & words from participating artist Lou Sheppard.

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.