Would be great to see some SC stuff at this!
BEAST FEaST 2025 Call for Works – Open Until 15th September 2024, 23:59 GMT
Full details: https://beast.cal.bham.ac.uk/beast-feast-2025/call/
Submission form: BEAST FEaST 2025 Submissions
BEAST FEaST 2025 will bring friends old and new – from both far flung parts of the world and close to home – together in Birmingham, UK. Electroacoustic music in the twenty-first century is both a local and a global art form. It is at once capable of expressing the local knowledge and culture of the many geographical regions in which it has taken root, notably with the many important electronic music studios that were founded in Japan, Africa, India, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe; and of bringing together different cultures, genres, forms, and sounds, whether through practices of deliberate hybridisation and fusion, or via juxtaposition and contrast. For the 10th Anniversary of BEAST FEaST, our goal is to make a festival which gathers that diversity together in celebration!
For BEAST FEaST 2025 we invite submissions that touch on any aspect of the theme of global diversity described. We particularly encourage artists from historically underrepresented regions to apply, and welcome proposals involving diverse styles, including those that have not normally targeted systems like BEAST. We aim for diversity of music, background, and ethnicity, and are committed to [at least] 50% non-male representation.
Music and Video Works
Works and performances of electronic music, sonic art, and mixed pieces (instruments and electronics) of any style are welcome. Stereo, ambisonic and multichannel works are all accepted. Works involving video or live performance are welcome. (Due to funding limitations, composers may need to provide their own instrumental performers if needed.) Only works of under 14 minutes in duration will be considered. Given space limitations, shorter works are more likely to be included.
Installations
Proposals for sound installations in various formats are invited. We will work with you to find a suitable site. For past editions, installations have been presented in our studios, in the Bramall mezzanine, and on the lawn outside the Bramall Building.
Talks / Workshops
We invite proposals for talks of 25 minutes, including Q&A. Topics related to the theme of local and global in electronic/electroacoustic music are prioritised, but off-topic submissions will be considered as well. Additionally, workshops of up to 1hr in duration can be proposed, again with a priority for proposals related to the festival theme. Please include a title, abstract, biography (in final, print-ready copy), and if necessary, a brief statement explaing how the talk fits the festival theme.
Costs
There is no submission fee. We expect artists selected to attend the festival. While due to the numbers involved, we cannot provide fees or guarantee travel funding, we are happy to support individual applications to external funders.
Full details: https://beast.cal.bham.ac.uk/beast-feast-2025/call/
Submission form: BEAST FEaST 2025 Submissions