Hi everyone,
There is going to be a global contest
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Sound_Logo/Contest_proposal>
to create the sound of Wikimedia and we’d love to hear from you. Read all
about it on Diff
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/05/24/refining-a-global-contest-to-create-the-sound-of-wikimedia/>.
The sound logo contest organizing team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Sound_Logo#Project_team> is
pleased to share a proposal with all of you so in a few months we can
launch an accessible and global contest together to address a growing need
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/03/15/you-cant-see-the-puzzle-globe-on-an-audio-speaker-a-sound-logo-for-wikimedia/>.
This proposal is based on the practice of visual logo contests
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/05/14/conceptualizing-a-new-logo-contest-based-on-existing-practices/>
in the movement and considers parameters for the new concept of sound logo
creation and audio production.
While reading this, you may already be thinking of different sounds – from
familiar ones going back a few decades (like Intel
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrKgwcu0pMA> and Windows
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrKgwcu0pMA>) to those that have more
recently become iconic (like TED
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZYbT7ONkeI> or Netflix
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV3HUDMQ-F8>). What does trusted
information or open knowledge sound like to you? We have already
started a collection
of sounds and tools
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Sound_Logo/Sound_collaboration#Themes,_Ideas_and_Sounds>
to get you creating. Please help to expand it. Representing through sound
and creating a strong sound logo are not simple. We want to make sure there
is plenty of time to build momentum for people around the world to think of
concepts, capture them in real life or find them, and use accessible tools
to create and share them.
Your feedback is warmly welcomed and appreciated until June 10. So take
your time, read all about it, tell us what you think on the talk page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Communications/Sound_Logo> or by
email. We also invite you to join an upcoming conversation on Friday May 27
@13:00 UTC (on Zoom with live interpretation) and Tuesday May 31 @15:00 UTC
(on Jitsi). During these calls we will also unpack sound logos together and
introduce some basic audio mixing.
Thank you for your attention and looking forward to hearing from you,
Mehrdad
*Mehrdad Pourzaki*
Lead Movement Communications Specialist
wikimediafoundation.org