MuVi7 invites artists, musicians, designers and performers, as well as professors and university students, to submit proposals of videos to be part of a public exhibition, featuring performances and discussions.
Visual Music exhibition is part of the VIII International Congress "Synaesthesia: Science & Art", which will take place from the 23th to the 25th of October 2025 at Convento La Trinidad, Palacio Abacial and Teatro Martínez Montañés, Alcalá la Real, Jaén, Spain.

Deadline for submissions

The deadline for submissions is 30 May 2025

Topic

The topic of the exhibition is visual music and synaesthesia. By “visual music”, we refer to any representation, whether purely visual or audiovisual, inspired by music.

The correspondences between the visual and musical elements may result from synesthetic perceptions (where the visuals are mental images evoked by music); or from studies exploring analogies between visual and musical languages (rhythms, tonality, texture, colours, etc.). A narrative thread is not required.

Who can participate?
The call is open to three categories of participants:
. Participant A: professionals (artists, musicians, designers and performers)
. Participant B: university professors.
. Participant C: university students or recent graduated (within the last 24 months).

What can you submit?
Any form of moving image (video, animations, etc.) – only visual kinetic work, audiovisual, or interactive – is eligible for submission.

·         University professors can submit collections of didactic works.

·         Students may submit one or more works created as part of a university course.

The submitted works must be unpublished and free of copyright restrictions.

How to make submissions

Submissions can be made through the following form: https://forms.office.com/e/9dbthWawbg

The submitted files should preferably be in MP4 format (codec H264) and must not exceed 500Mb. For questions about other formats, please contact: info@artecitta.es, or info@sinestesie.it.

Only one work (or collection of works) can be entered on each form. Each author can submit a maximum of two Works/Forms.

What are the fees?
It is possible to submit one or more works to MuVi7 without paying any fees

However, the participation in the VIII International Congress Synaesthesia: Science & Art requires payment of the congress registration fee.

Prize and publication
The best three work will receive the MuVi7 award, including a certificate from the Artecittà Foundation, and respectively 30, 20 and 10, copies of the MuVi7 book.
The Fundación Internacional Artecittà will promote the best works in the artistic circuits.
The 15 best works will be selected for the exhibition (5 from each participant category).
The best 24 works (along with their descriptions), will be published on a book and ebook, including links to the videos. The works must be unpublished and free of copyright restrictions. The authors will receive a free digital copy of the book.
The selection of the works will be edited by the Scientific committee of the exposition.
All participants will be notified of the Scientific Committee’s decision via e-mail by 30th July 2025.

For any inquiries, please contact
info@artecitta.es and info@sinestesie.it
Also visit the following websites: https://sites.google.com/view/syn25/muvi7
(ebook of the latest edition MuVi6 in: urly.it/312xpp, examples from previous editions in: http://muvi-visualmusic.tumblr.com/)
http://www.artecitta.es/VIIICongreso25/

MuVi7. Video and moving image on synesthesia and visual music

MuVi7 / International exhibition of video on synaesthesia and visual music

MuVi7 is part of the VIII International Congress “Synaesthesia: Science & Art”

Facultad de Bellas Artes (Universidad de Granada), Convento La Trinidad

(Palacio Abacial) and Teatro Martínez Montañés

Alcalá la Real, Jaén, Spain (Spain) 23-25th October 2025

Direction and coordination

Dina Riccò (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) and Mª José de Córdoba (University of Granada and FIAC)

Scientific committee of the exposition

Giovanni Baule (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

María José de Córdoba (University of Granada / Fundación Internacional Artecittà, Granada, Spain)

Maura Mc Donnell (Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Ireland)

Jesús Pertíñez López (Drawing Department, University of Granada, Spain)

Dina Riccò (Design Department, Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

Collaborators

Gian Luca Balzerano (Design Department, School of Design, Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

Reinaldo Fernández Manzano (Centro de Documentación Musical, Junta de Andalucía)

María del Carmen Hidalgo Martínez (Máster de Dibujo, BBAA, UGR)

Antonio Horno (University of Jaén)

Weihuan Hou (Design Department, Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

Gloria Lapeña (Drawing Department, University of Granada, Spain)

José Chico López (Drawing Department, University of Granada, Spain)

Jesús Pertíñez López (Máster de Dibujo, BBAA, UGR)

María Paz Tornero (Drawing Department, University of Granada, Spain)

Decanato, Faculty of Fine Arts (University of Granada, Spain)

Concejalía de Cultura (Ayuntamiento de Alcalá la Real, Jaén)

Planning and running of exhibition

María José de Córdoba (University of Granada and FIAC)

Técnico del Área de Cultura, Ayuntamiento de Alcalá la Real, Jaén)

Federico Barquero Mesa and José Hidalgo Pérez (FIAC Delegation, Alcalá la Real, Jaén)

Jesús Pertíñez López, Gloria Lapeña(Máster de Dibujo, UGR) and representatives of the Decanato of Fine arts (UGR)

Organizers

Artecittà International Foundation (Granada, Spain)

University of Granada (Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Drawing, Granada Spain)

Politecnico di Milano (Department of Design, Italy)

Patrons

Ayuntamiento de Alcalá la Real (Jaén, Spain)

Centro de Documentación Musical, Junta de Andalucía

American Synesthesia Association (New York, US)

IASAS International Association of Synaesthetes, Artists, and Scientists (San Francisco, US)