Sixi Museum — SIXI AiR OPEN CALL 2027 SPRING & AUTUMN

Overview
The Sixi Museum's SIXI AiR program positions translation as a generative, cross-disciplinary practice, welcoming not only literary translators but also musicians, dancers, and visual artists whose work engages with the movement of meaning across languages, media, and cultures. The residency operates on a global scale, with no geographic restriction stated, and offers two distinct sessions in 2027: Spring and Autumn. While the museum has not disclosed the specific duration, stipend, or facilities associated with the residency, the open call signals a serious institutional commitment to translation as a curatorial and artistic field. For the selected residents, the residency provides an opportunity to develop work within the context of a museum that values translation as both method and subject. The absence of a stated fee or prize does not imply a lack of support; rather, it reflects the museum's discretion in communicating the full terms of the residency. Applicants should consult the museum's official channels for any updates regarding funding, housing, or production resources. The jury will likely assess the applicant's ability to articulate a compelling project that bridges translation with their primary discipline, whether that be text, sound, movement, or image. The curatorial vision behind SIXI AiR appears to favor projects that interrogate the boundaries between languages and art forms, treating translation as a critical and creative act. The museum's decision to include music, dance, and visual art alongside translation suggests an interest in embodied and sensory modes of interpretation, not solely linguistic ones. This is a residency for practitioners who think deeply about how meaning travels—across tongues, across media, across bodies—and who can articulate that thinking in a focused proposal.