Earth Speakri teave
Today, the Earth Speakr website hosts and celebrates over 10,000 messages recorded by kids about the future of our planet – messages that are brilliant, funny, and heartbreakingly honest. It is a testament to the importance of listening to the next generations, as we adults make crucial decisions that inevitably affect their future.
As an artwork Earth Speakr couldn’t have been made alone. It emerged rather through the collective, creative effort of kids around the world. I believe that such accessible, borderless spaces, driven by creative expression, can bring us together to connect and share perspectives, while celebrating our differences. It is my hope that Earth Speakr has empowered kids across the EU and beyond by showing them that they too are able to share their worries and opinions with those who need to hear them.
- Olafur Eliasson, Earth Day, 2022
Earth Speakr was started by artist Olafur Eliasson and took shape with the input and ideas of its community. Earth Speakr speaks your language – it also speaks the 24 official languages of the European Union and can be accessed throughout the world.
Kids used the Earth Speakr app to record their ideas about the wellbeing of our planet. Adults are invited to participate by listening to the messages, sharing these with others, and amplifying the powerful messages kids have made.
Over half a million people around the world have downloaded the Earth Speakr app. More than 70 languages have been spoken within the app, from more than 120 countries around the world. The messages have been listened to by the general public over 3 million times through the Earth Speakr app and website.
Kes on Earth Speakri taga?
Earth Speakri asutas Olafur Eliasson koos oma stuudio, laste, loominguliste partnerite ning teadlaste ja ekspertide rühmaga. Projekti rahastab Saksamaa Välisministeerium seoses Saksamaa eesistumisega Euroopa Liidu Nõukogus 2020. aastal ning seda viiakse ellu koostöös Goethe Instituudiga.
Olafur Eliasson
Taani-Islandi kunstnik Olafur Eliasson (sünd. 1967) töötab skulptuuri, maali, fotograafia, filmi, installatsiooni ja digimeedia valdkonnas. Tema kunsti ajendab huvi taju, liikumise, kehastatud kogemuste ning enda- ja kogukonnatunnetuse vastu. Tema tegevus köidab avalikkust arhitektuuriprojektide, ühiskondlikku ruumi sekkumise, kunstihariduse, poliitikakujundamise ja kliimameetmete kaudu, mis ei piirdu ainult muuseumide ja galeriidega. Alates 1990. aastate keskpaigast on Eliasson teostanud arvukalt suuremaid näitusi ja projekte kogu maailmas. 2019. aastal nimetati ta ÜRO Arenguprogrammi kliimameetmete ja säästva arengu hea tahte saadikuks.
Berliinis asuv Studio Olafur Eliasson ühendab suurel hulgal käsitöölisi, arhitekte, arhivaare, teadlasi, administraatoreid, kokki, kunstiajaloolasi ja spetsialiseerunud tehnikuid.
