The [uncertain]
Four Seasons
What will our future sound like if we don’t act now on climate change?Kako bo zvenela naša prihodnost, če ne ukrepamo zdaj?
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The event
Dogodek
Vivaldi, re-composed by the climate crisis.
Vivaldi, preoblikovan s podnebno krizo.
Na začetku dneva mladih in opolnomočenja javnosti na konferenci v Glasgowu so se zvrstile izvedbe The (Uncertain) Four Seasons štirinajstih orkestrov s šestih celin, polovica je bila mladinskih. Nastopilo je tisoč glasbenikov, zastopali so glasove mladih v potekajočem gibanju za podnebno ukrepanje in dodatno pritisnili na svetovne voditelje, da podpišejo zavezo voditeljev za naravo in se s tem zavežejo, da bodo do leta 2030 ustavili izgubo biotske raznovrstnosti.
Orkestri, združeni v iniciativo The Uncertain Four Seasons, so izvajali zaradi klimatskih sprememb močno popačen zvok Zemlje v letu 2050, torej zvočno oblikovano predikcijo narave, če svetovni voditelji in celotno človeštvo ne bodo pravočasno ukrepali. Vivaldijevo delo, ki je odslikava neokrnjene narave, so spremenili v duhu posledic ekstremnih podnebnih sprememb.
Agenciji AKQA in Jung von Matt sta v sodelovanju s skladateljem Hughom Crosthwaitom in raziskovalnim središčem za komuniciranje o podnebnih spremembah univerze Monash uporabila podnebne podatke in umetno inteligenco ter ponovno uglasbila Vivaldijeve Štiri letne čase. The (Uncertain) Four Seasons je rezultat glasbenega oblikovalskega sistema, ki združuje glasbeno teorijo z računalniškim modeliranjem in algoritmično lahko ustvari nešteto lokalnih različic Vivaldijeve izvirne skladbe. Algoritem spreminja glasbeno partituro, upošteva napovedane spremembe padavin, biotsko raznovrstnost, dvig morske gladine in ekstremne vremenske pojave, kot so navedeni v poročilih IPCC/Medvladnega panela za podnebne spremembe.
Vse vezi z orkestri so potekale – času primerno – online. Recepcija je bila odlična, v enem tednu je spletno stran z našimi posnetki obiskalo 3,2 milijona ljudi iz več kot sto držav.
Youth and Public Empowerment Day at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow opened with performances of The (Uncertain) Four Seasons by fourteen orchestras from six continents, half of them youth orchestras. A thousand musicians represented young people’s voices in the climate movement and added pressure on world leaders to sign the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature — a commitment to halt biodiversity loss by 2030.
United in The Uncertain Four Seasons initiative, the orchestras performed the sound of the Earth in 2050, heavily distorted by climate change: a sonic forecast of nature if world leaders and humanity fail to act in time. Vivaldi’s portrait of unspoilt nature was rewritten in the spirit of extreme climate change.
Working with composer Hugh Crosthwaite and Monash University’s Climate Change Communication Research Hub, the agencies AKQA and Jung von Matt used climate data and artificial intelligence to re-compose Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. The result is a music design system that combines music theory with computer modelling and can algorithmically generate countless local versions of the original. The algorithm alters the score according to projected changes in rainfall, biodiversity, sea-level rise and extreme weather events, as set out in the reports of the IPCC.
All coordination with the orchestras happened — fittingly — online. The response was remarkable: in a single week, 3.2 million people from more than a hundred countries visited the website with the recordings.
Our variation
Naša variacija
The Slovenian National Youth Orchestra played the Marshall Islands.
Slovenski nacionalni mladinski orkester je zaigral Maršalove otoke.
One of the most vulnerable places on Earth. Our concert was recorded in August in the Katedrala hall of Kino Šiška, Ljubljana, and then presented at the conference in Glasgow — a call to world leaders for more decisive action.
Ena najbolj ranljivih lokacij na svetu. Naš koncert smo posneli avgusta v Katedrali Kina Šiška v Ljubljani, nato pa so ga predvajali na konferenci v Glasgowu — kot poziv svetovnim voditeljem k odločnejšemu ukrepanju.
A. Vivaldi / AKQA / H. Crosthwaite: The (Uncertain) Four Seasons
Autumn · Marshall Islands · 2050
Jesen · Maršalovi otoki · 2050
Autumn will be silent.
Jesen bo tiha.
»Na novo napisana popolnoma tiha Jesen na Maršalovih otokih je skoraj najbolj intenzivna, kar sem jih doživel. Odločili smo se, da bo dirigentka vzela izvirno partituro in v tišini dirigirala to, kar je Vivaldi napisal. In kar še dodatno prispeva k tej temačni, žalostni noti, je, da sem videl Živin nasmejani obraz, ko je dirigirala izvirno Jesen, vendar zdaj pač ni zvenela, ker je leta 2050 na Maršalovih otokih ne bo več, če se ne bomo zavezali k temu.« “The newly written, completely silent Autumn of the Marshall Islands is almost the most intense I have ever experienced. We decided that the conductor would take the original score and conduct, in silence, what Vivaldi wrote. What added to the dark, sad note was seeing Živa’s smiling face as she conducted the original Autumn — which no longer sounded, because in 2050 there will be no autumn on the Marshall Islands unless we commit to change.” Ariel Vei Atanasovski, violončelistcellist
Interactive experience
Interaktivna izkušnja
Hear the planet change.
Prisluhni, kako se planet spreminja.
Travel the globe and compare Vivaldi’s original with the sound of 2050 — place by place, season by season.
Potuj po svetu in primerjaj Vivaldijev izvirnik z zvokom leta 2050 — kraj za krajem, letni čas za letnim časom.
Video
Recording session · Katedrala, Kino ŠiškaSnemanje · Katedrala, Kino Šiška
Fourteen orchestras · the places whose nature they set to music
Štirinajst orkestrov · kraji, katerih naravo so uglasbili
One planet, fourteen futures.
En planet, štirinajst prihodnosti.
- Slovenian National Youth Orchestra Marshall IslandsMaršalovi otoki
- Sydney Symphony Orchestra Sydney, AustraliaAvstralija
- Kammerensemble Konsonanz Bremen Bremen, GermanyNemčija
- Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Amsterdam, NetherlandsNizozemska
- Kenya National Youth Orchestra Nairobi, KenyaKenija
- The [Uncertain] Four Seasons Orchestra Seoul, South KoreaSeul, Južna Koreja
- Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra Saskatoon, CanadaKanada
- Cape Town Philharmonic Cape Town, South AfricaJužna Afrika
- Costa Rica’s New Orchestra San José, Costa RicaKostarika
- Symphonic Orchestra of the University of São Paulo São Paulo, BrazilBrazilija
- European Union Youth Orchestra Venice, ItalyBenetke, Italija
- Academy of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra Malé, MaldivesMaldivi
- Orquesta Sinfónica Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho Caracas, Venezuela
- National Network of Youth Orchestras and Choirs of Panama Panama
Voices
Glasovi
»Biti del nečesa tako velikega, sodelovati aktivno v celem procesu, začutiti moč globalnega, razmišljati o naši vlogi in glasu, ki je bil namenjen prikazu ene najbolj ranljivih lokacij na svetu, Maršalovim otokom. Kmalu želimo v živo predstaviti, kako zveni prihodnost našega, slovenskega okolja.«
“To be part of something so big, to take an active part in the whole process, to feel the power of the global, to reflect on our role and on the voice we were given to portray one of the most vulnerable places on Earth, the Marshall Islands. Soon we want to present live how the future of our own, Slovenian environment sounds.”
SMO · on working with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Jung von Matt and AKQAo sodelovanju s Sydneyjskim simfoničnim orkestrom, Jung von Matt in AKQA
»Z mladimi glasbeniki smo poleti izvedli dva projekta za poziv k boljšemu ravnanju s planetom. Samo1planet je letošnji projekt s Kataleno, ki je bil izveden avgusta na Ljubljana festivalu. Mednarodni projekt (Negotovi) Štirje letni časi pa je bil pripravljen za COP26. Z njim nagovarjamo voditelje držav po svetu k podpisu Zaveze za naravo in mlade pozivamo k aktivnemu državljanstvu.«
“This summer, with young musicians, we carried out two projects calling for better care of our planet. Samo1planet, with Katalena, was performed in August at Festival Ljubljana. The international (Uncertain) Four Seasons was prepared for COP26. With it we urge world leaders to sign the Pledge for Nature and call on young people to be active citizens.”
Živa Ploj Peršuh
»Na samem začetku vaj je pogled na partituro razkril nekaj povsem drugačnega od Vivaldijeve izvirne partiture. Toda ko so se vaje nadaljevale in je nastajala celotna slika, sem ujel nekaj trenutkov, ki so imeli upanja polno kvaliteto. V resnici gre za nekaj taktov, nekaj sekund. Ko se je zgodil, sem zaživel. Večina stvari zveni kot karikatura tega, kar je napisal Vivaldi — izmišljena, popačena. Intenzivnost energije med tišino v skladbi je bila skoraj še večja kot med igranjem. To je bilo čustveno zelo izčrpavajoče in mislim, da je prizadelo vsakogar.« — Ariel Vei Atanasovski
“At the very start of rehearsals, the score revealed something completely different from Vivaldi’s original. But as rehearsals went on and the whole picture emerged, I caught a few moments that were full of hope. Really just a few bars, a few seconds. When one came, I came alive. Most of it sounds like a caricature of what Vivaldi wrote — invented, distorted. The intensity of the energy in the silences was almost greater than while playing. It was emotionally exhausting, and I think it affected everyone.” — Ariel Vei Atanasovski
Credits
Ustvarjalci
Special thanksPosebna zahvala: Mr Zoran Janković, Mayor of Ljubljanag. Zoran Janković, župan Mestne občine Ljubljana · Mrg. Jure Longyka · Mrg. Simon Kardum · City of LjubljanaMestna občina Ljubljana
Global projectGlobalni projekt: AKQA · Jung von Matt · Hugh Crosthwaite · Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub · Sydney Symphony Orchestra · supporting the UN ActNow campaignv podporo kampanji ZN ActNow