Par Earth Speakr
Earth Speakr is an artwork. Through an app active from 2020 to 2022, the artwork invited kids to speak up for the planet and adults to listen up to what they had to say. Now all the kids’ messages can be heard here on the Earth Speakr Map.
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.
Kas veido Earth Speakr?
Earth Speakr ir radījis Olafūrs Eliasons ar savu studiju, bērniem, radošjiem partneriem un pētnieku un ekspertu grupu, un to finansē Vācijas Ārlietu ministrija Vācijas prezidentūras Eiropas Savienības padomē 2020. gadā ietvaros un realizē sadarbībā ar Gētes institūtu.
Par Olafūru Eliasonu
Dāņu un islandiešu mākslinieks Olafūrs Eliasons (dz. 1967. gadā) veido skulptūras, gleznas, fotogrāfijas, filmas, instalācijas un strādā ar digitālajiem medijiem. Viņa mākslu vada mākslinieka interese par uztveri, kustību, ķermenisko pieredzi un sevis un sabiedrības izjūtu. Neaprobežojoties ar muzeja un galerijas iespējām, viņa darbība aktivizē sabiedrību caur arhitektūras projektiem, iejaukšanos pilsoniskajā telpā, mākslas izglītībā, politikas veidošanā un klimata rīcībā. Kopš 20. gs. 90. gadu vidus Eliasons ir izveidojis virkni ievērojamu izstāžu un projektu visā pasaulē. 2019. gadā viņš tika iecelts par ANO Attīstības programmas klimata darbības un ilgtspējīgu attīstības mērķu labas gribas vēstnieku.
Savā studijā Berlīnē Olafūrs Eliasons apvieno lielu amatnieku, arhitektu, arhivāru, pētnieku, administratoru, pavāru, mākslas vēsturnieku un specializētu tehniķu komandu.
