Apply to NOIS//E 2026 Festival Symposium

application deadline 5 september

‍ ‍Who can apply

  • Artists

  • Composers

  • Performers

  • Filmmakers

  • Dancers

  • Visual artists

  • Researchers

  • Interdisciplinary practitioners

Categories

  • Sound, electroacoustic music, and live electronicsMusic / sound works

    • maximum duration 10 minutes

  • Audiovisual, film, and moving image

    • maximum duration 10 minutes

  • Installation

    • no maximum duration for this category

  • Space and immersive practices

    • no maximum duration for this category

  • Research, papers, talks, and lectures

    • duration 20 minutes

  • Performance and dance

    • maximum duration 15 minutes

  • Hybrid practices across analog and digital media

    (including printmaking, painting, sculpture, textile, and mixed media)

    • no maximum duration for this category

‍ When is the festival/symposium

13th–15th November 2026 (Attendance is not mandatory in cases where the work can be presented without the artist’s presence)

Where

Milan, Italy Fondazione Sozzani/ Villa Litta

Application is free

Selected artists and researchers will be invited to complete their registration with a contribution in support of NOIS//E Association, according to the project category and the number of performers involved. This contribution supports the organisation of the festival and the shared activities of the Association; it is not an admission ticket.

What selected participants receive

  • Presentation in the official programme in Milan

  • Inclusion in curated interdisciplinary context

  • Possibility of consideration for future residency in Calabria (May/Oct 2027)

THEME - Practices of Presence in the Post-Generative Age

NOIS//E 2026 is an interdisciplinary festival symposium taking place in Milan in November 2026, inviting artists and researchers tu submit works that engage critically with presence, listening, materiality, embodiment, and situated experience in the post-generative age.

Building on the international experience of NOIS//E 2025, the project offers selected participants the opportunity to present their work within a curated programme developed in dialogue with historically significant venues, where contemporary artistic practices interact with space, memory, and public presence through experimental, site-sensitive, and low-impact formats

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Join NOIS//E Festival 2026

  • We are looking for original, research-driven projects that engage critically with technology and embodiment