Baltic Analog Lab and festival Skaņu Mežs announces its 2025 international open call for the artist-in-residence program for autumn period with deadline August 10, 2025 *
Baltic Analog Lab and Skaņu Mežs are excited to continue our shared residency program, uniting the worlds of analog film and experimental sound. Building on our shared commitment to analog, photochemical, and interdisciplinary artistic practices, this ongoing residency aims to foster new encounters between filmmakers, photographers, researchers, and sound artists.
This year, the program expands with the support of Erica Synths – innovators in modular synthesizers and analog sound tools – to explore new intersections between image and sound, chemistry and electronics. Baltic Analog Lab is also pleased to announce a new addition to its facilities: an optical printer, offering unique possibilities for more experienced filmmakers needing to work on this very particular machine.
Participation conditions
The residency fee: 500 EUR per month (has to be paid prior arrival).
We do not offer any financial support; however, we can offer invitation letters for the residents to apply for funding in their own country.
The participant is responsible for their own travel, living, and material costs during the residency.
Who can apply?
We are looking for artists and researchers working with analog media - photochemical film and photography, as well as sound artists interested in exchanging ideas with other artists and the local community.
Artists willing to use our darkroom and our equipment should have previous experience and should be self-sufficient. Training can be provided only with a separate agreement and additional cost (but within limitations of our member’s availability).
Duration of the residency:
We offer our residency for 1-2 months.
What we offer:
Bedroom in a large shared 4-bedroom apartment with a 100m2 common office area and Wi-Fi. The apartment has 4 isolated bedrooms, a large shared living/working room, a kitchen, and one shared bathroom.
For artists working with photochemical film:
Access to the shared BAL facilities: 2 darkrooms, one working room, one dark screening room with a screen and sound system, lomo tanks, photo enlargers, steenbeck etc.
Neilson-Hordell optical printer for working with 16mm, super8 and 35mm film.
Note! We offer our optical printer only for experienced artists who have previously worked with Oxberry type optical printer.
Rental of film equipment (Bolex cameras with lenses, tripods, photo cameras, projectors etc)
All chemistry, film and other materials should be brought by the artist themselves. If specific chemistry is needed, mixing of specific process can be offered under previous agreement and cost
For artists working with sound:
With kind support of Erica Synths, the residency apartment features studio equipment for working with analog synthesizers that will be shared amongst other residing artists.
Available equipment: Eurorack modular synths, ELTA Big Ambient Machine, Solar 50 Jeannie, Polyphonic Synthesizer, Rhythm Composer YOCTO2, Audiothingies, Doctor A, Beyerdynamic DT-770 Pro studio headphones, Zoom LiveTrak L-8 mixer, Yamaha HS 5 monitor speakers, Zoom recorder DR-44WL.
Possibility to present a public performance at BAL LAB or elsewhere.
Note! The resident should be independent and have sufficient skills in working with our equipment
Residency schedule:
Residency period: September, October, November, December 2025
Deadline for September residency is July 27, 2025
Deadline for October, November, December - August 10, 2025.
We will also consider applications after the deadline in case all the rooms are not fully booked.
Applications:
Apply by filling out the Application form
For any questions, write to us: residency@balticanaloglab.lv
