Open Call : Sonic Awareness
Kintai Arts & Music Information Center Lithuania (Lithuania) in collaboration with ASTE (Latvia) and MoKS (Estonia) announce an open call for sound artists from the Baltic states or based in the Baltics to apply for a 2-weeks residency in Kintai, Lithuania, taking place on 11 - 27 August, 2025. The sound art focused residency program takes place in Kintai, a small town located on the shore of the Curonian Lagoon in western Lithuania. It focuses on site-specific sonic research and invites three artists to create works that relate to and reflect on this unique location.
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In her seminal text “On Sonic Meditation” American composer Pauline Oliveiros describes sonic awareness, a theory based on two modes of human information processing – attention and awareness. Awareness is global, non-linear, it registers sensory, imagined and remembered information, while attention is focal, occupied with singular or sequential and linear material. “Awareness can be expanded until it seems all-inclusive. Attention can intensify awareness. Awareness can support attention. There is attention to awareness; there is awareness of attention”. Intrinsically introspective, sound builds awareness and reveals the invisible.
Kintai.Kitaip art residency program invites sound practitioners to openly explore and interpret the ways of activating sonic awareness within a distinctive environment. It encourages participants to engage with its unique acoustic ecology, intertwining it with their personal artistic approach to sound-making. The resulting sound pieces will be presented at two public end-of-residency events in Kintai and Vilnius. In autumn 2025 artists will be invited to perform the pieces in Latvia and Estonia. Additionally, the works will be digitally released on the Music Information Centre Lithuania label.
Please send the application to info@kintaiarts.lt before the 21st of March 23:59 (CET).
The project is funded by Lithuanian Council for Culture
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Conditions and requirements:
- Artist fee for the residency: 800 EU (VAT excl.)
- Covering accommodation in Kintai Arts residency and food expenses during the residency
- Covering travelling expenses during the residency (Europe and local, Travelling allowance per artist: 200EU)
- Covering travelling expenses and accommodation to the events in Latvia and Estonia;
- Providing basic technical equipment for the residency (Inventory)
- The outcome of the residency should be an event-adapted performative presentation
- Professional artists from the Baltic states or residing in the Baltic states actively working in the field of sound art and experimental music;
- Their practice involves the following realization and presentation modes:
- live electronics, mixed music (acoustic instruments in combination with electronics), experimental performance with a prominent electronic music or sound component, live coding, acousmatic, fixed media;
- Proficiency in English is required;
- CV (max 2. pages)
- Portfolio (pdf. of max. 10 pages) incl. samples of sound work (preferably links)
- Statement about how the artistic practice relates to the theme of the residency (max. 1 A4 page)
- Technical requirements; generally, specialized sound equipment (instruments, synthesizers, pedals, etc.) is not provided by the residency however, some basic studio equipment is available (Inventory). Specific working requirements will be discussed upon acceptance to the residency.
Please send the elements above in one single pdf. file to info@kintaiarts.lt before the 21st of March 23:59 (CET). Results will be announced via email in the latter half of April. The exact date will be provided after the application deadline.
- The applications will be examined by the jury from hosting and partnering institutions: Krista Dintere, John Grzinich, Ugnė Vyliaudaitė and Radvilė Buivydienė.
- Three artists will be selected for the residency programme.
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