Deadline: 02-Nov-2025
The ACCESS is inviting applications for its Artistic Residency to support project aiming for musical experiences that can be enhanced by new forms of listening, creating and engaging audiences and artists, in places not dedicated to music.
The selected artists will take part of an artistic residency, with a duration of seven days (8 days for Prague), where a group of seven European artists will work collectively under several work strategies, from open and graphic scores, soundscape composition, sonic ecology or collective improvisation to create, record and present publicly the output of their work. Each residency has a specific theme, directly related with the space where it will take place.
During its two-year duration, six artistic residencies aggregated in two different cycles will take place in France, Portugal, and the Czech Republic. Following the first cycle (September 2024 – May 2025), this call announces three new residencies forming the second cycle. These residencies invite artists from various Creative Europe countries to engage collaboratively in site-specific contexts.
This residency will focus on developing a series of small actions—performances and recordings—within the local community surrounding Sonoscopia’s neighborhood. In response to Porto’s changing urban dynamics due to tourism, artists will rethink and activate spaces outside the city center, working closely with residents to create and present works in everyday settings or Sonoscopia’s facilities. Six improvisational musicians and one creative video artist will be selected for this project.
In Prague, participating artists will collaborate with teenagers in a secondary school setting to develop a site-specific performance that moves through the school’s architecture. Preparation will occur both during a school expedition in the Karlovy Vary region and at the school itself, culminating in a final presentation. Musicians and sound artists with experience working with teenagers are encouraged to apply, alongside one dancer or performer and one visual artist specializing in video art, light design, or stage design. A tutor with experience in working with teenagers will support the group during the residency.
This residency aims to immerse sound artists in the natural environment of the French Pyrenees, encouraging them to make nature a driving force of the creative process. Participants will explore sound in relation to the landscape, history, and local community through daily sound explorations and public gatherings. Due to the mountainous terrain, artists must be in good physical condition and equipped with portable instruments and mountain gear, as they may need to walk 2–4 hours daily carrying their equipment.
Each participant will receive a total fee of €1680 for seven days of work (€1890 for Prague’s eight days), with travel, food, and accommodation covered. Applicants will be evaluated based on their individual experience and portfolio quality, diversity in age, gender, geography, and artistic representation, and their capacity to work collectively in site-specific contexts. For the Germ residency, artists must also demonstrate autonomy with their instruments and technical material.
Eligible applicants must hold nationality or a residence permit from one of the participating Creative Europe countries: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Ukraine, including EU member states and several neighboring nations. The consortium team will make final selections, ensuring diversity and collective compatibility among participants.
The deadline for applications is 2 November 2025.
For more information, visit ACCESS.
