Balkan Region

Experiment B is a residency programme focusing on the intersection between scientific research and dance practice. Existing collaborative duos or groups that involve at least one choreographer and one scientist can apply with an idea or project that they wish to collaborate on. Residencies will take place over two months, from 15 October – 15 December 2023.

The Spyro residency programme offers researchers an opportunity to work around St. Spyridon Chapel, a pre-revolutionary monument undergoing regeneration. The residency will take place 9-30 April 2024, with online sessions once a month during January – March 2024. Applicants must legally reside in one of the 40 Creative Europe countries, excepting Greece.

The ECHO Academy in Bulgaria is looking for 10 fashion designers who will develop artworks and proposals for pilot projects. The Academy will be held between 5-26 October 2023 in a hybrid form. Applications are open to legal residents in the countries within the Creative Europe framework and non-EU countries of the Western Balkans. Applicants should be emerging creatives between 18 and 35 years old.

/’fu:bar/ is an annual programme focused on electronic experiments and research in contemporary error-themed digital art and theory. The 2023 edition is focused on the practices and value of DIY – Do it yourself, but for others with and in art software, methods, archives, communities, theory and other relevant facets of our shared contemporary electronic culture. The organisers are inviting submissions for online and/or offline events.

S+T+ARTS AIR is launching a new S+T+ARTS residencies programme focused on two main themes: Resilient Interspecies Urban Ecosystems and Human AI Ecosystems. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents in Member States of the European Union and its Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) or Associated Countries to Horizon Europe.

Zavod za eksperimentalni zvuk (ZEZ) and KONTEJNER are inviting Croatian and regional (ex-Yugoslavian country) sound artists to apply for the eighth edition of the Exhibition of Sound with their performances, sound installations, audio and A/V artworks, and all other media and experimental artworks which use sound as a constitutive element or main media. This year’s multimedia exhibition is going to be held from 9-16 November 2023 in Zagreb.

FAKI Festival – International Festival of Alternative Theatrical Expression is calling for artists, activists, researchers and theatre critics to participate in its next edition happening in Zagreb, Croatia from 27 May - 2 June 2024.

Are you a passionate maker, innovator, or creative thinker? Are you driven by collaborative projects, cutting-edge technologies, and exploring the limitless possibilities of making? Center Rog is inviting makers with specific sets of skills to apply for their Makers in Residency Programme in Ljubljana, Slovenia — an exceptional opportunity to be part of their journey in establishing a unique creative environment in the largest public creative hub in Europe, opening this October!

AIR on the Edge is a one-month international artist residency exchange that creates opportunities for artists to engage with rural communities on the edges of Europe. Applicants must live or work in County Galway (Ireland), Fryslan (The Netherlands), Novi Sad (Serbia), Pirkanmaa (Finland), or Ringkøbing-Skjern and mid Jutland area (Denmark). Residencies will take place between September 2023 and June 2024.