Om 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.

Vem står bakom Earth Speakr?

Earth Speakr har skapats av Olafur Eliasson i hans ateljé tillsammans med barn, ungdomar och kreativa samarbetspartner samt olika grupper av forskare och experter. Konstverket finansieras av tyska utrikesministerier i samband med det tyska ordförandeskapet för Europeiska unionens råd 2020 och genomförs i samverkan med Goethe-institutet.

Om Olafur Eliasson

Olafur Eliasson (född 1967) är en dansk-isländsk konstnär som arbetar med skulptur, målningar, fotografi, film, installationer och digitala medier. Hans verk präglas av hans intressen för perception, rörelse, förkroppsligad erfarenhet och känslor av jag och av gemenskap. Hans verk, som inte är begränsade till ett museum eller ett galleri, fångar allmänhetens intresse och engagemang via arkitektoniska projekt, interventioner i offentliga rum, konstutbildning, politiska aktiviteter och klimataktioner. Sedan mitten av 1990-talet har Eliasson genomfört ett stort antal betydande utställningar och projekt runt om i världen. 2019 utnämndes han till FN:s goodwillambassadör med fokus på klimatfrågor och mål för en hållbar framtid.

Studio Olafur Eliasson, som finns i Berlin, består av ett stort team av hantverkare, arkitekter, arkivarier, forskare, administratörer, kockar, konsthistoriker och tekniker inom olika specialområden.

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