Open Call for Concepts for a sound installation engaging with the theme 'Territory'

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

As part of Open Garden 2026, composers and sound artists are invited to submit concepts for a sound installation engaging with the theme Territory.

Four concepts will be selected to be presented as sound installations in June 2026 in the Mirabell Garden in Salzburg, Austria, as part of the SweetSpot—Lounge for Electroacoustic Music series. The compositions will be heard during the day (18–25 June 2026) as a permanent installation via a 16-channel speaker system integrated into the garden architecture of the Mirabell Garden.

Deadline: 8 May 2026

For details (in German and English), see full call for concepts as a pdf.

Concept, production, and hosting of the series:

Alexander Bauer (composer, organist | Studio for Electronic Music (SEM), Mozarteum University Salzburg)
Achim Bornhöft (composer, director of the Studio for Electronic Music (SEM) | Mozarteum University Salzburg)
Marco Döttlinger (composer | Institute for New Music, Mozarteum University Salzburg)
Martin Losert (saxophonist, instrumental pedagogue, Head of the Department of Music Pedagogy, Co-Lead of the focus area InterMediation. Music—Effect—Analysis | Mozarteum University Salzburg)

Call for Concepts | Christine Bauer

Open Call for Concepts for a sound installation engaging with the theme 'Territory'