19 October 2025

Open Call for the Production of New Sound Walks

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Support for the production of a new work in the field of sound walks by Slovenian artists and artists living in Slovenia. The application deadline is Sunday, 19 October 2025.

The call aims to support the production of new works in the field of sound walks by Slovenian artists and artists living in Slovenia.
Cona will provide the selected proposal with production funding, an artist fee, artistic mentorship or a professional consultation, a location for presenting the work, and promotion. One or no more than two proposals will be selected and presented to the public at the TO)pot festival in 2026. If you have any additional questions, please contact us at info@cona.si.

What is a sound walk?
A sound or audio walk encompasses a broad range of artistic practices that primarily sensitise us to a place through listening and walking.
These practices take many forms: sound and audio walks, in situ listening, walking and listening performances, and deep listening. This call addresses all these formats.
The work must culminate in a sound-based performative walk at a selected location, rather than only a score for walking. The artist should also wish to collaborate actively with the Cona team during the production phase.

TO)pot Festival
TO)pot, a festival of sound walks, concerts and reflections, brings together artists, theorists and curious walkers with places and more-than-human entities, inviting them to experience walking and listening as a spatial enactment of place.
Walking as a practice of grounding and attuning to space and the environment becomes a radical attempt to slow the pace of everyday social life.

Support for the production of a new work in the field of sound walks by Slovenian artists and artists living in Slovenia. The application deadline is Sunday, 19 October 2025.

The call aims to support the production of new works in the field of sound walks by Slovenian artists and artists living in Slovenia.
Cona will provide the selected proposal with production funding, an artist fee, artistic mentorship or a professional consultation, a location for presenting the work, and promotion. One or no more than two proposals will be selected and presented to the public at the TO)pot festival in 2026. If you have any additional questions, please contact us at info@cona.si.

What is a sound walk?
A sound or audio walk encompasses a broad range of artistic practices that primarily sensitise us to a place through listening and walking.
These practices take many forms: sound and audio walks, in situ listening, walking and listening performances, and deep listening. This call addresses all these formats.
The work must culminate in a sound-based performative walk at a selected location, rather than only a score for walking. The artist should also wish to collaborate actively with the Cona team during the production phase.

TO)pot Festival
TO)pot, a festival of sound walks, concerts and reflections, brings together artists, theorists and curious walkers with places and more-than-human entities, inviting them to experience walking and listening as a spatial enactment of place.
Walking as a practice of grounding and attuning to space and the environment becomes a radical attempt to slow the pace of everyday social life.

September 2026

Opening of the TO)pot 2026 Festival: Walking-With SilencesOn Wednesday, 23 September, the sixth edition of the TO)pot festival of radical soundwalks: Walking-with Silences opens …Open Call for the Production of New Sound Walks 2027The sound walk opens up a space for artistic practices that engage with the landscape through listening and walking. We …Joint Press Conference of TO)pot and City of WomenOn Thursday, 17 September, we met at BAZA, Ljubljana Youth Centre, for a joint press conference of the TO)pot Festival: …GIBALKA: Movement Awareness Workshop for Older Women Working in CultureLocation: Studio Cepetka, Cankarjeva 5, Ljubljana Schedule: Mondays from 18.00 to 19.30 Registration and information: +3…

August 2026

Legal Options for the Cultural SectorOn Thursday, 3 September 2026, from 10 am to 12 pm, the public forum Legal Options for the Cultural Sector will take pla…A Special Festival Edition of the Sound Walk Tu, čisto blizu in Škofja LokaOn Saturday, 29 August 2026, a special edition of the participatory sound walk Tu, čisto blizu by Aja Zupanec and Urša S…Cona’s Listening Room at the Mladi Levi FestivalAs part of the 29th Mladi Levi International Festival, the Cona’s Listening Room will be open for two days at ŠD T…

June 2026

Opening of Jaka Ivančič’s Photography Exhibition: Salt Is the Memory of the SeaOn Wednesday, 17 June 2026, at 20:00, the Arkade Bernardin open-air gallery will host the opening of Jaka Ivančič’s phot…Kalu [Luka Uršič] invites visitors of the sound walk Pod(hod) to the opening of his exhibition The Gift of FailureAs part of the Season Walks programme, we invite you on Thursday, 4 June 2026, at 18:00 to the sound walk Pod(hod)by Kal…Job shadowin visit by Martina Valášková from Muzeum PrahyBetween 25 May and 1 June, Cona hosted Martina Valášková from Muzeum Prahy, who joined us as part of the Erasmus+ job sh…

YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN

Sound exhibition
Inaudible – Audible, among the Bats

Inaudible – Audible, among the Bats

A bioacoustic sound sculpture transposes bats’ ultrasonic voices into the human audible range and shapes them into a spatial 360-degree sound projection.

Workshop
Molecular psalterion

Molecular psalterion

A whole-body listening workshop uses seven poetic scores to develop expanded perception, minimal movement and attunement with the elements.

Community-building programme
REPAST

REPAST

Shared festival lunch and space for gathering, taking a break, and connecting informally with the co-creators of the TO)pot festival.

Soundwalk
Tu, čisto blizu

Tu, čisto blizu

A participatory sound walk that invites participants to physically and sensorially co-create urban space.

Soundwalk
Pod(hod)

Pod(hod)

The sound walk guides listeners through Ljubljana’s underpasses. Spaces of passage that, often neglected, become shelters for those unheard on the margins of society.

Soundwalk
Green Atrium of the City

Green Atrium of the City

A sonic exploration of Plečnik’s abandoned Central Stadium in Bežigrad, addressing cultural heritage, time and multisensory perception through listening.

Soundwalk
GLASnaPOT

GLASnaPOT

The soundwalk takes us gradually from the loud city streets to our own inner landscapes

Soundwalk
Backwalk

Backwalk

A collective backwards walk under the full moon reverses the roles of spectator, performer and landscape, opening a space for attentive listening.

Soundwalk
My Secret

My Secret

A participatory soundwalk for children and adults intertwines forest, play and small installations in a story of conflict, friendship and joy.

Soundwalk
Odjek strela

Odjek strela

Sava šumi [Urška Savič] Odjek strela Soundwalk Cona