The Residence for Musical Creation Pyrenees-Mediterranean (RCMPM) is a transnational collaboration project that brings together four cultural agents from different regions to promote newly created music with new technologies: Flashback Ensemble (Occitania), the Phonos Foundation (Catalonia), Placa Base Collective (Balearic Islands), and Unió Social de Flix (Catalonia).

This project, supported by the Pyrenees-Mediterranean Euroregion, aims to encourage the creation of innovative musical works and promote their circulation, give access to as many people as possible, bring together common audiences and create dynamic and sustainable spaces for dialogue and exchange between cultural institutions, artists and audiences.

In this context, the four collaborating entities launch a joint call for the presentation of musical and/or sound creation projects without restriction of gender, age or nationality. Each institution will offer accommodation and an economic endowment in the concept of an artistic residency. It will also cover the presentation of the selected projects at the headquarters and/or festivals of the four associated entities. The complete development of the project (creation and presentation) will take place between October 2019 and May 2020.

The RCMPM call is open to all people, regardless of age or nationality. However, each person may send a single proposal to one of the four collaborating entities in one of the Euroregional languages (French, Catalan, Spanish), as well as in English.

The Phonos Call

The Phonos call is open to collective or individual projects, to create or complete a self-contained sound or musical work lasting 30 to 45 minutes, in which new technologies play a fundamental role.

Critical approaches to the relationship between music and technology will be particularly appreciated. Proposals need not be limited to fixed media or standard broadcast formats (concert, performance or installation). Similarly, the projects presented may be part of ongoing work, although development during the residency must represent a substantial step forward compared to creation.

Artistic residency

The selected person or collective will be hosted in Phonos (Barcelona) for an artistic residency of a maximum of two weeks, between November 2019 and January 2020. Phonos will provide its technical resources, as well as technological assistance, if necessary.

Financial allocation

An economic allocation of €3,000 in fees will be allocated for the creation and presentation of the work in the four collaboration venues (see next section). In addition, Phonos can cover up to a maximum of €1,500 in terms of subsistence, accommodation or travel expenses. These costs will only be reimbursed upon presentation of the corresponding invoices or documents.

Dissemination activities

The work created under this call will be presented as part of a series of four events as part of the regular programming or festivals of the four partners: the Flix Social Union season, the Flashback Ensemble Phoneme musical season, the Phonos concert season and the ME_MMIX 2020 festival (dates to be announced later).

For the presentation of the works in the collaboration venues, Phonos will cover the costs of accommodation (1 night) and travel (from Barcelona).

Commitments of the selected project

The selected project undertakes to mention in all communications relating to the work in question, as well as in all future public presentations of the work, the following text, in the appropriate language: "Commissioned by the Phonos Foundation - Residence for musical creation Pyrenees-Mediterranean 2019. With the support of the Pyrenees-Mediterranean Euroregion."

In addition, during the artistic residency, the selected artist(s) will give a lecture or a short presentation on their work or artistic career at the Phonos Foundation headquarters, aimed at an audience interested in the critical relationship between music and technology.

In accordance with the planned dissemination activities, the resident artist(s) undertakes to present the work at the end of the residency at the Phonos facilities on a date agreed upon by both parties during the 2019-2020 season of Phonos concerts. They also commit to make three additional presentations of the work at the headquarters of the collaborating entities, in Flix, Perpignan and Palma de Mallorca, on dates agreed between the respective parties.

Filing of applications

Individuals or groups willing to apply to the RCMPM - Phonos must provide, in either of the languages accepted (Catalan, Spanish, English, French) , the following documentation to [email protected]:

• CV and artistic biography
• Project description (maximum 2 pages)
• Indicative estimate of technical and production needs
• Folder of works (audio and/or video recordings, sketches, texts, scores, etc.) via internet links or file exchange services (dropbox, gdrive, etc.)

Deadline for applications: 6 September 2019.

Resolution of this call: 21 October 2019.

Participation in this call implies full acceptance of these rules.

Download the full rules and regulations of this call.

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