Open Residency

Sound. Silence. Image. Word. Alone or together.

Duration 5–30 days
Price from 15 EUR/night
Capacity Up to 5 solo / 8 shared
Season Year-round
The house and the view
The house and the valley

What this is

Library
The library

Zvjezdane Staze is a project between worlds. Founded and curated by artists who are themselves at home in several contexts, in Bosnia and the region, in Central Europe, in the international experimental scene, this is a place that reflects that multiplicity.

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Who this is for

The curatorial direction lies with Belma Bešlić-Gál, composer, sound and media artist based between Vienna and Bosnia. The programme's focus reflects this practice: work that engages with place, memory, and perception.

Selection is based on the clarity of the artistic question and whether the residency's specific conditions can genuinely support it. The house is small, the village quiet, Sarajevo an hour and a half away. For some projects, this is exactly right. For others, it is not.

Especially welcome are works in composition, sound art, media art, and experimental writing. But also visual artists, researchers, and others whose practice benefits from seclusion and a different rhythm.

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Odjeci

For artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslavia, and the diaspora.

Four times a year, we offer a two-week residency for sound artists. Accommodation is covered. You arrange your own travel and food. Partner or child welcome.

The artistic practice should engage with local context: landscape, soundscape, village, forest, seasonal rhythms, history, culture, language. We're not looking for a specific output, but for concepts, recordings and documentation that grow from being here. These become part of our archive and can become material for the Zvučne Staze audio walks.

Spring, summer, autumn, winter. Four seasons, four soundscapes.

If this sounds like something for you, write to us. Tell us about your work and which season interests you.

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Looking for funding?

Many artists fund their stay through mobility grants. We've compiled a guide to programmes that support residencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Mobility Funding Guide →