Jakob Trollback: Rethinking the music video

Translator: Simon Djernæs Reviewer: Jette Derriche

I’m working a lot with motion and animation,

Jeg arbejder meget med bevægelse og animation

and also I'm an old DJ and a musician.

og jeg er gammel DJ og musiker.

So, music videos are something that I always found interesting,

Musikvideoer er noget der altid har interesseret mig

but they always seem to be so reactive.

men de virker altid så reaktive.

So I was thinking, can you remove us as creators

Så jeg tænkte, kan man fjerne os som skabere,

and try to make the music be the voice

gøre musikken til stemmen

and have the animation following it?

og lade animationen til at følge den?

So with two designers, Tolga and Christina, at my office, we took a track --

Sammen med to tegnere, Tolga og Christina, tog jeg et nummer-

many of you probably know it. It’s about 25 years old,

mange af jer kender det sikkert. Det er omkring 25 år gammelt.

and it's David Byrne and Brian Eno --

og det er David Byrne og Brian Eno -

and we did this little animation.

og vi lavede denne lille animation.

And I think that it's maybe interesting, also,

Synes også det er interessant,

that it deals with two problematic issues,

at den tager stilling til to problematiske emner:

which are rising waters and religion.

stigende vandstand og religion.

Song: Before God destroyed the people on the Earth,

Sangen: Før Gud ødelagde folket på Jorden

he warned Noah to build an Ark.

bad han Noah om at bygge en Ark.

And after Noah built his Ark,

Da Noah havde bygget den,

I believe he told Noah to warn the people

Mener jeg han fortalte Noah, at han skulle advare folket

that they must change all their wicked ways

om at de måtte forbedre sig

before he come upon them and destroy them.

før han kommer og ødelægger dem.

And when Noah had done built his Ark,

Da Noah var færdig med Arken,

I understand that somebody began to rend a song.

begyndte nogen på en sang

And the song began to move on I understand like this.

Og som jeg forstod bevægede sangen sig således

And when Noah had done built his Ark ...

Og da Noah havde bygget sin Ark ...

Move on ... In fact ... Concern ...

Kom videre...

Faktisk...

Bekymring...

So they get tired, has come dark and rain; they get weary and tired.

De bliver trætte, bliver mørke og regn; de bliver udmattet og trætte.

And then he went and knocked an old lady house.

Så bankede han på døren hos en gammel dame

And old lady ran to the door and say, "Who is it?"

Og den gamle dame løber til døren og siger "Hvem er det?

Jack say, "Me, Mama-san, could we spend the night here?

Jack siger: "Mig, Mama-san, kan vi overnatte her?

Because we’re far from home, we’re very tired."

Fordi vi er langt hjemmefra, vi er meget trætte."

And the old lady said, "Oh yes, come on in."

Den gamle dame sagde: "Åh ja, kom bare ind."

It was come dark and rain, will make you weary and tired.

Det var mørkt og regn, vil gør dig udmattet og træt.

(Applause)

(Bifald)