in dex series

your way to join the library collection

what it is: throughout the year, we will host calls for several needs. sometimes we need:

  • commissioned recordings (labeled IN DEX A);

  • people to cull, composite, and splice those recordings into samples (labeled IN DEX B);

  • community feedback! through polls and forums (labeled IN DEX C);

  • quick one-off volunteer calls for collaborations (labeled MINI-DEX) which require minimal time, labor, and skill.

ACTIVEE CAL‎L:  

MINI-DEX 2023.2

our first mini-call; a quick call for donated field recordings from cellphone or audio-recorder captures within the US. open indefinitely, will close once it reaches 60 submissions. current submissions: 5.

WE’RE LOOKING FOR volunteer sound recording submissions around 60 seconds in length. these samples will be grouped together and distributed in a free (approx. 1-hour) set of samples of US recordings called US Mix. ideally, these are field recordings you already have on your phone, something personal, throwaway, or something in between. we're looking for realness, captured in situ; produced recordings are not really what we are after here, curated personal depictions of daily life are more our aim. 

it could be a recording of a conversation, a recording of a flock or birds, of ice thawing, etc... whatever captivates you.

THE ONLY REQUIREEMENTS are that it be:

  • recorded within the United States,

  • your recording; we cannot accept copyrighted material that is not yours, and we do not want public domain material (if you have questions about copyright, just ask!),

  • a non-musical recording (i.e. please do not send us a piano sonata, we want sounds of people doing things, animals, city life, foley, you reading a manifesto, sounds of power tools, etc...),

  • around a minute in length (excerpts welcome).

  • licensed under Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (more information here about Creative Commons licenses)

if you have any questions about this submission, please reach out to us at info@dexdsl.com

PASST IN DEX CALL‎LS FOR CCOL‎LABORATION

IN DEX A2023.1

call for proposals for a commissioned audiovisual recording

selected proposals: paul* hermansen, scott farkas

DEC 2022 - JAN 31 2023