Month: December 2025

OPEN CALL: minciospace_ residency

minciospace_ is offering a residency and invites artists who are planning a stay in Vienna or who already live in Vienna and the surrounding area to apply for our RESIDENCY OPEN CALL focusing on music/sound art.

minciospace_ is a place for music, art development and collective exchange about a livable future for all, as well as a place aiming to explore the ways in which art can inspire social progress.

Rehearsals, live sessions, expert talks, workshops and creative dialogue between musicians and people from other areas of society take place in over 750 sq m of space.

From 1 October to 9 November 2025, minciospace_ will make its premises available for five days of residency to develop an artistic project, make creative use of the various spaces on site and expand one's own network. Part of the residency is the presentation of the developed piece/project at our Für/Sorge_ Showing #3 on 11 November 2025. The five residency days can be chosen freely within the residency period.

The residency can be structured freely: residents work, develop and rehearse autonomously in the rooms provided; the infrastructure of minciospace_ (rehearsal rooms, kitchen, WiFi, etc.) is available to residents at any time as required.

Annual theme: Für/Sorge (“care”)

“Für/Sorge” is about caring for ourselves, for others, and for the world we share while unlearning patriarchal patterns and reshaping existing structures. You can find more thoughts on the annual theme HERE.

As part of the OPEN CALL, we invite you to explore and shape your project around the diverse dimensions of the topic.

The Residency includes the following *

• Zeitraum: 5 frei wählbare Tage im Zeitraum von 01. Oktober – 09. November 2025
• work studios (180 - 200 sq m)
• Technical equipments (upon arrangment)
• Teilnahme Für/Sorge_ Showing #3 am 11. November 2025 (vorgeschlagene Performancedauer ca. 20 min)
• 400 € expense allowance
• Expert:innengespräch mit Manu Delago über nachhaltiges Touring, kreative Verantwortung und die Verbindung von Musik und Umweltschutz inkl. Screening des Films „From The Alps To The North Sea“ am 28. Oktober 2025
• Austausch mit Musiker:innen des Arbeitskreises und der minciospace_ Community

* Barrier-free residences can be arranged upon request.
Not included in the service: meals, accommodation or travel expenses.

Who can apply?

Artists who live in Vienna or will be staying in Vienna (partly) between 1 October and 11 November, who are looking for space to develop and explore new project ideas, while connecting with the minciospace_ community. The project proposal or idea should be related to music/sound art. 

The call for applications is aimed at musicians and sound artists from the independent scene. We would particularly like to invite people from different backgrounds and live-experiences to apply. It is important to us that as many people as possible feel addressed and contribute their experiences and voices in order to open up minciospace_ to new perspectives.

How can you apply?

Send us your CV with contact details and a short project description (max. one A4 page) with the subject line ‘minciospace_ Residency’ to welcome@minciospace.at. by September 14th 2025. Tell us about your background, your project plan/idea and what you want to focus on. Application videos are also possible. 

What happens after your application?

The minciospace_ team will review the submissions. Once a decision has been made, all applicants will be notified by 22 September..