The programme is open to anyone working in the arts. Applicants are encouraged to apply with individual or group projects in the following categories:

• Project proposals from artists for creating new, instrumental, and electronic works
• Works related to acoustics, computer music and radio art, as well as other forms of electroacoustic music and sound art
• Project proposals from artists in all disciplines who view sound as the central element of their art
• Projects of a curatorial, publicational or educational nature rooted in the field of sound-based art practice, and especially those, which make contextual reference to the Akademie der Künste
• Independent research projects in the fields of acoustics, computer science and music studies; namely, those related to software development, spatialisation or network technologies

Applications should include the following materials:

• A short biography, artistic portfolio (max. two pages)
• A title and project description (approx. one page)
• Technical requirements
• Audiovisual work samples (if applicable)
• A statement on the purpose of the award support
• An intended final presentation, and possible cooperation partners (if applicable)

Please send your application materials in English or German (in an attachment saved as a PDF file, max. 2.5 MB) by email to:

[email protected]

Akademie der Künste
Studio for Electroacoustic Music
Hanseatenweg 10
10557 Berlin
Germany

Two time periods in which the (maximum) two-week residency can take place are available each year:

Interval 1: 1 April – 30 June
Application deadline: 31 January of the residency year

Interval 2: 1 September ‒ 30 November
Application deadline: 30 June of the residency year