Kintai Arts, Music Information Center Lithuania (Lithuania), ASTE (Latvia) and MoKS (Estonia) announce an open call for sound artists from the Baltic states or based in the Baltics to apply for a two-week residency in Kintai, Lithuania, taking place 8–23 June 2026.
The residency programme is held in Kintai, a small town located on the shore of the Curonian Lagoon in western Lithuania. With a focus on site-specific sonic research, the residency hosts three artists each year to create performable sound pieces, while collectively reflecting and exchanging ideas around how sound practices can embody a space for dialogue and new forms of social and critical thinking.
Inspired by Brandon LaBelle’s notion of the ‘sonic agent’, this year’s residency theme explores how sound practice – as a situation of public address (P.A), a momentum of listening and being heard – can generate ways of expressing positionality, criticality, and reflections, as well as metaphors for the complexities of the contemporary world.
The Kintai.Kitaip residency programme invites sound practitioners to spend two weeks in Kintai developing new sound works, sharing their practices with fellow artists. The resulting sound pieces will be presented at two public end-of-residency events in Kintai and Vilnius. In autumn 2026 and spring 2027, artists will be invited to perform these pieces in Estonia and Latvia. Additionally, the works will be digitally released on the Music Information Centre Lithuania label.
Support
- Artist fee for the residency: 800 EU (VAT excl.)
- Covering accommodation in Kintai Arts residency and food expenses during the residency
- Covering travelling expenses during the residency (Europe and local; Travelling allowance per artist: 200 EUR)
- Covering travelling expenses and accommodation to the events in Latvia and Estonia;
- Providing basic technical equipment for the residency (Inventory)
