tv Shift Deutsche Welle September 26, 2020 1:45pm-2:01pm CEST
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it's here for a patients around the. east we floating sculptures are lifted only by the song and carried only by the wind and enable flights without the consumption of fossil fuel is a radical concept. this is how to man status and no started to become interested in the possibilities of a new. one he calls ara-c. the aerial era. what is important then we must bellow and i think the term that best describes the era we're living in now is the capital of the i don't see the age of rampant capitalism. the era seen as an epoch of hope and age which is radically different from the capitalist scene gate i think i'm into the thing that i kept on saying no
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it does everything that changes our habits but not the climate helps to usher in a new era moving one we call the era seem. an aerial age and era in which we demonstrate awareness of one another and of the environment and work together to invent new rituals and new customs to create this year out of tonight because. tomas set us a nose ever seen projects require a radical rethink on our part to enduring natural resources rising emissions climate change on the extinction of many species destroying the very basis of all life on us. ever seen places that are not human beings at the center of. protecting not polluting the element that keeps us alive is its main goal. a way of
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making amends to mother ross while that may sound like a utopian ideal sad to say no and his team have already proven that some of their ideas work in the real world. in argentina the era seen foundation team has already set several world records among them the 1st manned fully solar free flights where the hot air balloon it reached a height of 272 meters covered 1.7 kilometers and was abhorrent for over an hour. the team's next goal is to be able to transport several people at once powered only by the sun's ultraviolet rays and fulfilling the dream of emissions free and travel . conversely wonder when these cultures rise up please the 1st thing people say is how can that be it's mesmerizing to a magical moment here but suddenly the sculpture turns and there's something on it that was written by another person who has a case for me it's like an onion the more layers you peel away the more questions
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arise as to how these things appear to sort of call it isn't this a. koan and. we've just got back from argentina and we were working a lot with indigenous communities there before and they have taken a clear stand against the colonial processes endangering their environment and. that is that there is lithium mining going on in their territories. argentina she lay and bolivia board of the area where this so-called white gold is being mined he said look at it that iran and for every ton of lithium we know that 2000000 liters of water are required. there are $71.00 kilos of lithium and one tesla this is an area already plagued by drought. if we start to excavate lithium to satisfy the consumerism of today's capitalist society everyone who live. the edge of the. will
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die. along with the animals and the vegetation there and the communities who live there will be forced to leave. school that's why we're asking how can we change our habits so that it doesn't lead to climate change. what kind of habits and rhythms does the planet desperately require to regain its equilibrium. and. we can't wait for everyone to agree air travel will have to be very different in the future. saddest center's project has become a global movement artists scientists designers and activists have joined the ara scene foundation that he sets up. the community. it's one that comes together and.
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like the thought of a community that works like a collective. that's why we have established 2 foundations. one of them is called arachno feel. like arachnophobia its members or friends to spiders and their webs it is a nonprofit organization that is working to save certain ecosystems and the kind of community of friends that also exists beyond the studio. this community is researching how we can ensure the long term existence of certain ecosystems and life forms. is a 2nd community that has sprung up out of the studio is called aero scene. this to
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consist of people working in the studio as well as an ever growing impassioned community of people outside who are pursuing it as a hobby to get their people who believe that we can change our way of life and not just by changing individual mobility but by founding a movement for change. 'd said us and now in the era seeing community have developed an explorer in collaboration with mit and the red cross it enables anyone to build a floating explora sculpture and calculate its flight path and flight generation via isa will software each flight gathers data here about air quality temperature humidity and pressure which is fed back into the software giving us more a more information about how planets set a cent oh coles it's highways in the sky like the jet stream for instance. i was seeing is an open invitation to everyone who is fighting for a future free fossil fuels and dreaming of a new kind of boundless borderless maybe. set
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a center is slogan is from homo sapien to homo photon to. gold for me art always means an art dialogue or an exchange that for example the art involving the spiders and spiders well because. we have to form new alliances and new ways of working to understand our world clearly. the categories that exist today tend to separate us from one another rather than to unite us in a way. it seems to me that art can help us in this process where if an art has this ability this generosity or this innocence is that people who say no in art you continue to search with childlike innocence and it seems to me that that is exactly what can help us to see the world with other. side of center is continually venturing out with childlike curiosity into the world that he can
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better understand our planet and of course most. all of. those. projects in the event horizon has taken him to the new uni's salt flaps in bolivia the artist is fascinated by the way the horizon quite literally dissolves. beginning in the early hours of the morning a very thin layer of water vapor hovers above the surface of the flats and for just a few moments the horizon looks as if it has been ever a. the surface of the earth forms a giant mirror of the universe that surrounds us 'd it's a fascinating meditative phenomena and. you can even see reflections of light emitted by the large magnetic cloud
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a neighboring universe 163000 light years away 'd. short of food production about the future is of central significant size lecture me what plans does he have for his own future. what of the impulse when you will benefit but if you do of course anything 101 when he was my plans for the future are to continue working as we have done recently and they found at the same time to increasingly question the logistics of the art industry the transport of artwork and my own mobility since you who are from and to consider alternative ways for us artists to be present or if if we become conscious of our planet and its atmosphere then we should also start to show solidarity with all of the others on board the co passengers in our world that many we need to consider how we can continue this journey together to see.
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he's opening our eyes to what's going on here and from our. it's also an invitation to engage with bunning question about feature. when i. can i hope that the balloon that lifted off with 2 passengers and who we probably will soon be able to carry 3 or 4 people see what i know. and if we can already fly at an altitude of up to 272 meters for almost 2 hours and then i hope that in the future you'll be able to travel to interview me from colombia for example without your having to take a plane i was at the wasn't but the journey is the destination the journey we will often lose our way on this journey but we will continue on with enthusiasm and hope for the if it was
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good. good good. good. good. good. good. september 19th 93 israelis and palestinians signed the oslo accords peace in the middle east seemed possible. new videos and private documents to tell the story of the tough negotiations behind the scenes for half the agreements reached and the bitter collapse of the advice above the oslo diaries.
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