Sound Studio

mmag announces a new art residency for 2026 in its Sound Studio. Two applicants will be selected for this three-month program: one from April to June, and one from September to November.

This residency offers a focused period for sound-based artistic research, experimentation, and production. It is designed for artists working with sound in its many forms (expanded audio practice, experimental music, radio, podcasting, listening sessions) and supports projects in development that unfold through sustained engagement rather than fixed outcomes.

The residency approaches sound as a relational and contextual practice, exploring how listening shapes collective experience, how sound circulates in public space, and how audio practices respond to lived realities and local conditions. Applicants are invited to consider how their work engages with its surroundings and opens spaces for dialogue, attentiveness, and exchange.

The program creates time for experimentation and reflection, while encouraging artists to work between individual research and collective engagement. Residents are encouraged to develop their own sound project while also engaging the public through listening sessions, workshops, broadcasts, or other participatory encounters. Public engagement is understood as an extension of the research process rather than a final output.

During the residency, selected artists will have access to mmag’s sound studio, equipped for basic music and podcast production, alongside curatorial and technical support. Projects are encouraged to evolve through interaction with the space, the community, and the broader context as an approach to cultivating knowledge through practice, collaboration, and shared listening.

This residency is open to artists working across sound, music, radio, storytelling, and interdisciplinary practices centered on audio. We welcome applications from artists of all backgrounds, regardless of age or gender. Artists applying from outside Jordan are expected to secure their own travel and daily living expenses; however, the foundation is prepared to provide letters of support for use in applying to external grants.

Applications close February 15, 2026.