OPEN CALL: Showcase Emerging Sound 2026
Musica, STUK, Q-O2 & C-TAKT
Musica, STUK, Q-O2 and C-TAKT present an annual showcase of emerging sound artists in Belgium. The showcase shines a light on the diversity of the Belgian sound art landscape, and gives a boost to an upcoming generation of makers. We are looking for recent, existing sound work in any format: performance, installation, soundwalk, radio piece, intervention or other formats. The selected works will be presented in STUK on Thursday 26 November 2026. Please read the detailed conditions specified below.
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.
Showcase Emerging Sound is a project by Musica, STUK, Q-O2 and C-TAKT
