TheWrong
Eclipse.

On August 12, 2026, a total solar eclipse will cross Europe. The first total eclipse visible in continental Europe since 1999.

Light will hesitate. Sound will not.

Would you enjoy joining the soundtrack of the upcoming eclipse?

The Wrong Eclipse is a curated, 24-hour online sound exhibition that will take place on August 12, 2026, in parallel with the total solar eclipse visible across Europe.

Its central idea is simple but distinctive: the eclipse itself is the visual artwork. Instead of asking people to look at digital art on screens, the exhibition invites them to listen while experiencing the eclipse in the real world.

Who can submit?

Musicians.
Sound artists.
Experimental composers.
Field recordists.
Anyone creating sound-based work.

What can be submitted?

Individual tracks.
Full albums.
Any sound-based piece.

Not accepted: videos, animations, visual artworks, or other screen-dependent works.

How does it work?

Your work must be hosted on Bandcamp.

If accepted, The Wrong Eclipse will embed to your Bandcamp page rather than hosting the files itself.

This keeps artists in control of their own work while creating a distributed exhibition.

Submission requirements.

A Bandcamp link to the work.
Title, cover artwork, and artist information.
Contact information.

Email everything to: thewrongbiennale@gmail.com
Subject line: "The Wrong Eclipse"

Deadline:
August 1, 2026.

Exhibition date:
August 12, 2026.

Exhibition runs for 24 hours, matching the eclipse day across different time zones.

What's interesting about the concept?

Rather than treating the eclipse as a backdrop for art, the curators reverse the relationship:

The sky is the exhibition space, and the sound works become its soundtrack.

The project encourages participants to spend less time looking at devices and more time experiencing the changing light, whether outdoors, through a window, alone, or with others.

Who is organizing it?

The exhibition is curated by Graziela Calfat and David Quiles Guilló, leaders of The Wrong Biennale ecosystem, which is known for distributed online exhibitions.

Overall, it's an open call that emphasizes listening over looking, framing sound as a companion to one of nature's most spectacular shared events rather than competing with it.

Inquiries. 

For inquiries, write to us for a human reply.

This is a collaborative effort, sustained by a shared passion for art. Please approach it with generosity, kindness, patience, and respect.
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