The pandemic is still here, yet we continue to network our analog bodies into global liminal spaces from our homes, and zoomed rooms​ — reaching out, beyond moments of isolation, joining a web of creatives, thinkers, makers, cultural weavers, students, and educators to tell the story of living through a pandemic. Together, we comprise a fiberoptic village of hackers, DIY content providers, artists, songwriters, technologists, and sound and art ecologists.

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As a real-time ear- and eyewitness, Soundbox4 invites you to submit your unique way of creating during 2020. We imagine both solo and community-based collaborations. Open to wide interpretation ranging from isolation, perpetual selfies, communities in mediated dialog, glitches and technology breakdown, climate change, eco-art, personal identity, culture, social change, and activism. Be bold: Submit work that challenges arbitrary boundaries between peoples, disciplines, geographies, beliefs, genders, politics, race, and identities.

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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

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• Submit work by midnight Sunday, Feb. 7.  Digital works should be no longer than 10 minutes but can range anywhere from 2 to 10 minutes. Prerecorded “live” performances should be 15 minutes or less. Send a link to your work to soundbox97331@gmail.com.

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• Describe your work in a 100-word description. Include your full name, work title, duration, and contact email/phone number. Include a short bio (100 words or less). All work should represent original work only and be free from copyright infringement.

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• By submitting your work, you authorize Oregon State University and the organizers of this festival to place your work on a variety of social media and digital platforms for one week, as well as a highlight reel as part of the permanent public archive at no charge to OSU or presenters.

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• A committee will review submissions. Notifications of accepted work will be sent via email by Sunday, February 14.

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For questions or inquiries, please contact Dana Reason at reasonmd@oregonstate.edu.

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— Oregon State University

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