Fish Factory Arts SIRENS Studio is offering two music/sound based residency Opportunity for 18-25 year olds. These residencies are aimed at anyone who identifies as a marginalised gender including (but not exclusively) trans and cis women, trans men, non binary, two spirit and gender fluid people.
Both residencies will run for 1 week each (with additional days optional) in February/March 2022. They are restricted to people aged 18-25 due to being funded by Youth Music's Incubator fund for young people. Please only apply if you fit this criteria!
During the residency you will have access to the following spaces:
- SIRENS Studio - recording studio with access to a sound engineer for one day (with the option of additional time), the space is available for practice and recording for the full week
- Studio desk space in Fish Factory Arts communal studios
- Performance space at Fish Factory Arts with access to projector and live sound engineer
- The option of having a live session video made during your visit
- Accommodation in the Little Fish Studios residency room, with kitchen and toilet (showering facilities down the road next to SIRENS Studio). Please note this is on the first floor and not suitable for people with mobility needs - other accommodation may be arranged.
We are looking for people developing new work and keen to experiment. We will accept people working in any genre or audio discipline. Any material that you create will belong to you. It is a requirement of the residency that you consent to having work made during your time here published and archived on our website. You will be paid a fee of £1000 to include expenses and travel cost. For an additional fee you can extend your residency, or book more time with our sound engineers.
HOW TO APPLY:
To apply please send us an email with:
- Your name and performance name, age and preferred pronouns
- Links to any website, social media, bandcamp, Soundcloud or Youtube you may have (not essential) and or a recording of some of your work
- Some info about ideas that you would like to develop while here
- You can send this to fishfactorysounds@gmail.com. Please send your submissions by 30th November 2021!