OPEN CALL: Showcase Emerging Sound 2026

For whom?

• You are an emerging sound artist. In other words: in training, recently graduated, at the start of a career or still in need of developing a network within the Belgian or international sound art field.

• You make sound-based work such as installation, performance, soundwalk, participatory work, radio art or intervention in public space.

• You are asked to propose only one existing work or work-in-progress that is not older than 2024. Submissions with more than one work will not be considered.

• You have a link to Belgium: either by residence, education or nationality.

What do we offer?

• Presentation of the selected work or work-in-progress during the Showcase Emerging Sound 2026 at STUK in Leuven on Thursday 26 November 2026, with two set-up days on 24 and 25 November 2026.

• Exchange session at Q-O2 to discuss your work with the organizers and other participants. Period: spring 2026

• An optional preparatory residency with overnight stay and technical support at Musica in Pelt (Klankenbos) from 28 September till 2 October 2026.

• Visibility and support in terms of communication and documentation towards Belgian and international programmers and the broader professional sector.

• Compensation for the presentation of the selected work: €550

• Fixed travel costs: €50

How to get involved?

Please apply before 1 March 2026 using the following online registration form.

Additional files can be mailed to: info@q-o2.be

The selection does not take the age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, ability or education into consideration. Selected artists will be informed in March 2026.