OPEN CALL: Noisy Things

This workshop is intended to provide participating artists with new sonic experiences. By listening attentively to outdoor sounds or by amplifying objects with microphones, sounds can be amplified as if through a magnifying glass. Like a kaleidoscope, they unfold a richness of color, structure, and beauty. This workshop offers space and time to those who take part to share experiences of hearing, feeling, and perceiving these sounds in new ways, and using them as a source of inspiration for making music, sound art and relaxing within sound. This is a workshop for musicians and non-musicians. The main elements of the workshop consist of a soundwalk, a sound-microscopy session and collaborative composition.

Dates:
15th and 16th of October 2026

Hours:
11am - 3pm

Number of participants:
15 musicians and non-musicians

The workshop is open to anyone who has or does not have a background in music a curiosity to explore different ways and expand their practice in making and performing noise in a way that reflects the realities we live in. All participating artists should be over 18 years of age and are encouraged to share their work in a live event at Goethe Institut Athen on the 16th of October 2026, if they wish. The participating artists, based in Athens for the days and times of the workshop, will be selected via the process of an open call. Local artists with limited access to similar learning opportunities will be prioritised, travel and accommodation for the period of the workshop will not be covered by the hosting organisation. All selected artists will be contacted via email by mid-September 2026 and are expected to attend all days and hours of the workshop and the final public performance.

The language of the workshop will be English with the possibility of peer-to-peer translation, if the participating artists of the workshop are willing to support a multilingual process.

During all events of Noisy Words we will uphold the following zero-tolerance policy against any form of discrimination, harassment, sexist and racist language; no act is considered too small to be addressed.

If you wish to apply:

Please send your application by the 25st of September 2026, under the title Noisy things; a sound workshop with Annette Krebs via email to the following address:
kultur.athen@goethe.de

Your application should be submitted in english and include all the following:

• A short note/text on how you describe the current state of your sound and performance. (max 300 words)
• A short note/text on what you wish to learn, explore, improve and take away from this workshop and learning experience.
• Two samples of your work (maximum duration 5 minutes, in one of the following formats .mp3, .wav, .mp4, .mov)