23.09.2024
Next residency sharing
14.08.2024
Open Call - Studio Z4 Residency
OPEN CALL: RESIDENCY
FOR MUSICIANS, COMPOSERS & SOUND ARTISTS
APPLICATION DEADLINE: September 8, 2024
PDF Open Call auf Deutsch
PDF Open Call in English
Since Winter 2023, the Initiative Freie Musikszene Zürich (IFMZ), in collaboration with SONIC MATTER- Plattform für experimentelle Musik has been offering a residency program at Zeughaus 4, located in Zurich's Kasernenareal. This year the project is joined by two more partners: ignm Zürich (Internationale Gesellschaft für neue Musik Zürich), and the curatorial project MADAM (Mara Miccichè & Marco Mercuzio Peron).
The Studio Z4 Residency is designed for sound artists, musicians, and composers who focus on contemporary or experimental music, as well as installation and interdisciplinary practices. The program is open to individuals or duos, but not suitable for bands or larger ensembles. Artists from Zurich are also encouraged to apply. A public sharing of work is an integral part of the residency.
This Open Call offers residencies between October 2024 and March 2025, with durations ranging from four to six weeks. The available residency periods are:
• September 30 – October 31, 2024 (4 weeks)
• November 4 – December 1, 2024 (4 weeks) or November 4 – December 15, 2024 (6 weeks)
• February 3 – March 2, 2025 (4 weeks)
• March 3 – March 30, 2025 (4 weeks)
The workspace is equipped with basic technical equipment (
link to techrider). While the room includes elements that improve acoustics, it is not soundproof, meaning that external sounds can enter, and your sounds may leave the studio. Given the presence of other studios in the building, residents should be aware that loud music cannot be played for extended periods. Additionally, the room is not ideal for sound recordings due to the presence of water pipes and street noise. Studio Z4 is situated in District 4, a vibrant and diverse area of Zurich known for its frequent outdoor events.
RESIDENCY BENEFITS:
For All Participants:
• A private, acoustically optimized, and heated studio space (30 sqm)
• Organization and promotion of a public sharing session to facilitate networking with other artists and cultural actors in Zurich
• A fee of 500 CHF for the sharing session
• Access to a communal kitchen and shared areas
For Artists from Outside the Canton of Zurich:
• Coverage of travel expenses (one round trip, up to a maximum of 150 CHF)
• Opportunity for coaching to help navigate Zurich's cultural scene
• If required, up to 1000 CHF per residency may be provided for accommodation, which must be arranged independently
HOW TO APPLY:
Please complete the application form by September 8, 2024: Google Form
For any questions, feel free to contact Magda Drozd at residencies@ifmz.ch
The selection of residents will be made by a jury consisting of Magda Drozd & Nicola Genovese (IFMZ), Lisa Nolte (SONIC MATTER), Mara Miccichè & Marco Mercuzio Peron (MADAM) with decisions announced by mid-September.
The Studio Z4 Residency program is supported by: Stadt Zürich Kultur
Organized by IFMZ in collaboration with: Sonic Matter - Plattform für experimentelle Musik, ignm Zürich, MADAM
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14.06.2024
Kaldi Moss - artist in residence from Goa/India at Studio Z4 Residency
On their residency, Kaldi Moss will be immersing themselves in a multifaceted exploration of sound. They’ll craft instruments, experimenting with a range of techniques from software to analog hardware. Alongside, they’ll conduct ongoing observations in psychoustics and rhythms across various temporal and environmental contexts. Additionally, they’ll compose spatial pieces that blend noise, live electronics, analog instruments, and collaborative improvisation, prioritizing observation-driven complexity over rigid rules.
Moss is interested in experience of beings, their inner lives, measurement, making tools and instruments. They’re invested in studying the subconscious effect of rhythms and shapes that we live in and are interested in transforming architecture through sound. From exploring software, hardware, digital and analog techniques of sound-making to ongoing observations in psychoustics and rhythms at different scales of time and in different kinds of places. Moss also delves into writing spatial compositions that work with various elements of noise, live electronics, analog instruments, and collaboration, improvisation etc.
Supported by Pro Helvetia New Delhi
Photograph by Alina Tiphagne
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04.01.2024
Studio Z4 Residency is ready to go - Our residents in the following months
Starting in January 2024 IFMZ, in cooperation with SONIC MATTER - Platform for Experimental Music, offers a residency program at the IFMZ spaces of Zeughaus 4 in the Kasernenareal Zurich to sound artists, musicians and composers living in Switzerland with a focus on contemporary, experimental music or installation and cross-disciplinary practices.
From January - April 2024 we will welcome the following artists, who were selected by a jury from an open call.
Myalo (Locarno)
Zainab Lascandri (Zürich)
Aya Metwalli (Bern)
Ronja Svaneborg (Zürich, Dornbirn)
Suntka Rinke (Zürich)
Mario Espinoza (Zürich)
Kollektiv HuGo - Luz González, Annatina Huwiler (Bern, Zürich)
Save the dates!
Each artist will share their practice within a residency sharing to the public.
An apéro and possibilities for exchange follow the sharing.
The sharing starts at 6 pm at Zeughaus 4 (Zeughausstrasse 56). Click here for the location on Google Maps (the door is on the street side and not in the courtyard).
16/01 with Myalo
03/02 with Zainab Lascandri
18/02 with Aya Metwalli
15/03 with Ronja Svaneborg
12/04 with Mario Espinoza
25/04 with Suntka Rinke & Kollektiv HuGo
The sharings are supported by Pro Helvetia Schweizer Kulturstiftung. The residency program is supported by Temperatio Stiftung and Oertli Stiftung.
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22.11.2023
22-11-2023
Jad Atoui: First residency at the studio Z4 residency - in cooperation with Sonic Matter![]()
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