Call for applications: 2020 Extra Muros residency in Italy

The programme seeks to bring together innovative and creative artists from all around the globe for a two-week production and writing camp. The residency is open to all and is held every year in changing locations and countries. It also aims to encourage the creation of underground music and sonic sounds.

Interested artists can apply online.

The submission deadline is 20 September and successful applicants will be announced on 25 September.

Eligibility

• Artists will be awarded residencies based on their current activity, their previous body of work and their proposal for new work.
• Students or enlisted scholars are not welcome to apply.
• Artists are free to submit applications as a collective.

Selection process

• A jury of experts, past residents and Extra Muros staff will convene to consider the candidates.
• Up to six residents will be accepted for every edition.
• Successful applicants will be notified via email or phone.
• Previous Extra Muros participants and alumni are not eligible to apply.

Successful applicants will benefit from the following:

• A fully dedicated music studio with recording equipment.
• Housing, per diem and transportation.
• Training and workshops.
• Participation in the Extra Muros tour and vinyl.

“For two weeks, the selected artists will be experimenting and composing music together in a fully dedicated music studio built in the heart of the Prandau-Normann Castle in Sannicandro di Bari,” Extra Muros said.

“Beyond music production, the residency will allow participating artists to discover the incredible Apulian heritage, while engaging in a deep dialogue with their counterparts in an exciting environment. A compilation regrouping the collaborative tracks of all involved musicians and producers will be produced for every edition and made available on vinyl and digitally.”

About Extra Muros

Extra Muros is an annual travelling residency programme, which brings together music producers and sound artists. During the residency, the stakeholders are invited to collaborate on music experimentation and production in an analogue music studio, built in collaboration with the Swiss Museum for Electronic Music, Varia Instruments and Ableton.

In late August 2019, the first edition of Extra Muros was held at Elephant Studio in Nairobi, Kenya. For two weeks, the participating artists shared their lives, artistic practices and toured through Kenya and Uganda presenting their work at various venues in Nairobi, Lamu, Kilifi, Mombasa and at Nyege Nyege Festival. The residency culminated in a compilation album by the artists involved.

View the original call here.