The international residency centres partnered with the Institut Ramon Llull have announced their selections for the 2026 stays following an open call. For writing residencies, Art Omi in the United States has selected Manuel Baixauli and Alba Noguera Arbós for stays from 24 September to 15 October and from 21 October to 18 November, respectively.
Meanwhile, Château de Lavigny in Switzerland will host Jordi Puntí from 28 July to 24 August. Finally, Literarisches Colloquium Berlin in Germany has selected Júlia Sentís for a residency from 1 to 31 August, and Eduard Olesti for a residency from 1 to 30 November.
In the performing arts, the Transmission Impossible residency, part of the Festival d’Avignon programme, will welcome Antònia Roig, a drama student at ERAM, from 2 to 16 July. At Casamia in Italy, Anna Ferrer will be in residence from 15 to 25 October.
The Institut Ramon Llull’s strategic residency programme is designed to promote the participation of Catalan and Balearic creators at prestigious international residency centres, particularly those offering significant opportunities for visibility, networking and creative development.
Manuel Baixauli (Sueca, 1963) is a painter and writer. Espiral (Columna, 1998), his first published book, is a collection of short stories. He followed this up with the novels Verso (Bromera, 2001) and L’home manuscrit (2007), which won six awards. In 2014 he published La cinquena planta (Proa), a novel that received the Premi de la Crítica dels Escriptors Valencians and the Premi Crexells de Narrativa Catalana. In Ningú no ens espera (Periscopi, 2016), he presents a collection of diary-like articles accompanied by his own drawings. With Ignot (Periscopi, 2020), he won the 2020 Premi Llibreter for best Catalan literature book. His latest book, Cavall, atleta, ocell (Periscopi, September 2024), was awarded the 2024 Premi Òmnium for best novel of the year.
Alba Noguera (he/they) (Palma, 1997) is a philosopher and writer. Their first novel, Monument (Adia Edicions), was awarded the 2025 Premi Antoni Vidal Ferrando de Narrativa. They were a finalist for the 2025 Premi de Poesia Salvador Iborra and have published stories in Morlanda magazine. They currently serve on the editorial board of Solstici magazine and work in cultural management.
Jordi Puntí (Manlleu, 1967) is a fiction writer and regular newspaper columnist. He has published three collections of short stories. His first novel, Maletes perdudes (2010), won numerous awards and has been translated into 16 languages. He is also the author of Els castellans, a work of autobiographical fiction, and Tot Messi. In 2023 he published Confeti, a novel that explores the boundaries of biography and fiction, which won him the prestigious Premi Sant Jordi.
Eduard Olesti (Barcelona, 1995) is a writer and theatre director. He has published the novel Gossos dempeus and the poetry collections Un cowboy crepuscular and Sarcop. As a director and playwright, he has worked on productions such as Fracaso Renal Agudo (Sala Beckett), Barcelona Ratafia (Paral·lel 62), CAÍN loops i did it again (Antic Teatre al Grec 2024), and Shrek, kebabs i la Caiguda de Iugoslàvia (TNT). He has also worked as a curator, screenwriter, translator, spoken word artist and performer.
Júlia Sentís (Barcelona, 1995) researches the intersection between poetry, the moving body, fabulative practices, pedagogy and mediation. She holds an undergraduate degree in Humanities (UPF) and a Master's in Artistic Practices and Cultural Studies: Body, Affects, Territory (UPV, UPNA, Centro Huarte). She has trained in movement research practices through somatics, biomechanics and improvisation. She works as a teacher and also pursues artistic research. Her first poetry collection, Palpentes (2026), won the 2025 Certamen Art Jove de Poesia Salvador Iborra.
Antònia Roig (Mallorca) is a fourth-year student of Performing Arts at Escola Universitària ERAM (Girona). She began her artistic training in choral singing and viola at the Escolania de Lluc (2013-2020). Her work focuses on text-based theatre from an acting perspective. She is currently working on an original piece with Anna Mateo for her final degree project. The conceptual core of the work is the transformation of the self through the gaze of the other. She also explores the role of the spectator as an active participant in the theatrical event, with the performers shifting between character and actress.
Anna Ferrer (Menorca, 1993) sings, composes and deconstructs songs from the past. She preserves and reworks traditional folk song, demystifying it and making it universal. In this way, her music draws inspiration from tradition while evolving into her own unique soundscapes, infused with synthesisers. Anna Ferrer’s current offering is PA, a performative concert that emerged from the need to ritualise the intergenerational transmission of a family craft. Ferrer takes the stage accompanied by her father, two musicians and a repertoire that blends orality, popular imagery, research and artistic experimentation.
