OPEN CALL | 25AV Residency Program (2026–2027)

The consortium is interested in collaborative formats that challenge conventional performative and audiovisual practices, encouraging experimental and conceptually open approaches across disciplines such as Performance, Visual Art, New Media, Music, and Literature. The 25AV Residencies offer time, space, and resources for participating artists to work collectively and develop new interdisciplinary and/or audiovisual projects. Each residency culminates in a public presentation, requiring the work to take a form suitable for staging or live performance.

The residencies will take place throughout 2026 and 2027 at Onassis Stegi (Athens, GR), Vitamin (Brno, CZ), iMAL (Brussels, BE), Triennale Milano (Milan, IT), and Lothringer 13 Halle (Munich, DE).

The duration of each residency varies between 7 and 14 days, depending on the host institution.

The newly developed works will be showcased again together at the 25AV Festival in April 2027, held in collaboration with Kanal–Centre Pompidou (Brussels, BE).

This Open Call is aimed at emerging and early-career artists (within 10 years of professional practice) with a focus or interest in interdisciplinary and collaborative practices, especially in the fields of:

• Sound art / Experimental and/or contemporary music
• Visual art / Media art
• Performance / Dance / Choreography or other time-based practices
• Text-based and cross-genre formats (including poetry, lyrical writing, and theory-driven approaches)

Applicants must form a duo or group of up to 4 artists and be based in at least two different Creative Europe eligible countries.*

e.g., in the case of:

- 2 artists: both artists need to be based in different countries

- 3 artists: 2 out of 3 artists need to be based in different countries

- 4 artists: 2 out of 4 artists need to be based in different countries

Please note that applicants are responsible for securing, if required, any visas or travel documents necessary to enter the Schengen area.

*Creative Europe eligible 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, and Ukraine.

Each residency provides:

• Artistic support and production infrastructure*
• Public presentation and/or work-in-progress format
• Travel and accommodation
• Daily subsistence support (amount may vary depending on the host institution)
• Artist fee of € 1,000 per artist for participation in the residency
• Additional artist fee of € 750 per artist for public presentations at the end of the residency
• Additional artist fee of € 750 per artist for the final performance of the work at the 25AV Festival at Kanal–Centre Pompidou (April 2027)
• Please note that there is no additional production budget provided

*All hosting venues are equipped for sound and visual arts; however, specific technical requirements will need to be discussed on a case-by-case basis.​​

Each institution offers the following available residency time frames:

• March 16 – March 29, 2026: Vitamin (Brno, CZ)
• March 24 – April 4, 2026: Onassis Stegi (Athens, GR)
• May 11 – May 17, 2026: Triennale Milano (Milan, IT)
• September 23 – October 3, 2026: iMAL (Brussels, BE)
• October 7 – October 18, 2026: Lothringer 13 Halle (Munich, DE)
• October 21 – November 1, 2026: Lothringer 13 Halle (Munich, DE)
• January 26 – February 6, 2027: Onassis Stegi (Athens, GR)

Deadline: October 30, 2025, 23:59 CET

Required materials:

• Motivation letter (max. 500 words)
• Project proposal (max. 800 words)

Combined PDF incl.:

• CVs and bios of all collaborating artists
• Portfolio (max. 50 pages / 50 MB)

All applications must be submitted in English.

Diversity

We strongly encourage applications from artists who see themselves as underrepresented in the cultural field. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals who face barriers connected to race, ethnicity, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, migration status, or socioeconomic background. If you feel your perspective or lived experience is underrepresented, we warmly invite you to apply.

Accessibility

We want to make sure the application process is accessible to everyone. If you experience difficulties with writing in English (for example, due to dyslexia or other language and learning-related challenges), you are welcome to use free, open-source tools that can help you transcribe or structure your text. One option is Dictation.io (a speech-to-text tool in your browser) or Balabolka (a text-to-speech software). You are also free to use any other tool that supports your needs.

If English is not your first language, you may also use translation tools such as DeepL or Google Translate to prepare your application text.

The use of such tools will not affect the evaluation of your application, and you do not need to indicate in your text whether you have used them.

A committee made up of curators, artists, and cultural workers connected to all 25AV partner institutions will select up to three collaborative projects for each residency period.

The evaluation is based on:

• Artistic quality and collaborative concept
• Relevance to the aim of the open call (pan-European, interdisciplinary collaboration)
• Feasibility and fit of the work proposal within residency infrastructure (time-frame, scale, development of a stageable and performable format)

Selected applicants will be notified by December 2025.

All personal data submitted (including CVs, bios, portfolios) will be processed in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for the sole purpose of evaluating applications for the 25AV Residency Program.

Legal basis for processing: The processing is necessary to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract [Article 6(1)(b) GDPR] and, where indicated below, is based on your consent [Article 6(1)(a) GDPR].

Access to your data: This information will be accessible only to the 25AV selection committee, composed of one representative from each main partner (Kiosk Radio, Radio Raheem, Radio 80000, STEGI.RADIO, Infame Radio) and one representative from each hosting venue (Kanal–Centre Pompidou, Onassis Stegi, Lothringer 13 Halle, iMAL, Triennale Milano, Vitamin). Data will be stored securely and will not be shared with third parties or used for any other purpose.

Retention period: All personal data will be deleted within 6 months after the selection process is finalized, unless you give explicit consent for us to keep it longer for communication purposes.

Your rights: You have the right to access, rectify, and request deletion of your personal data, as well as to withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal. To exercise these rights, contact us at info@25av.eu. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.

Data controller: The data controller for this open call is Kiosk Radio, Rue Saint-Bernard, 138 – 1060 Saint-Gilles (Belgium), safer@kioskradio.com

Please consult the FAQ on our website before reaching out. For further questions, contact: opencall@25av.eu

In cooperation with: Kiosk Radio (Brussels, BE), Radio Raheem (Milan, IT), Radio 80000 (Munich, DE), STEGI.RADIO (Athens, GR), Infame Radio (Brno, CZ), Vitamin (Brno, CZ), Onassis Stegi (Athens, GR), iMAL (Brussels, BE), Lothringer 13 Halle (Munich, DE), Triennale Milano (Milan, IT), Kanal–Centre Pompidou (Brussels, BE)