Ryan Holladay: To hear this music you have to be there. Literally

Translator: Alicia Ferreiro Reviewer: Alba Regidor

(Music)

(Música)

For any of you who have visited or lived in New York City,

Para os que teñades visitado ou vivido na cidade de Nova York

these shots might start to look familiar.

estas imaxes quizais vos comecen a soar.

This is Central Park,

Isto é Central Park,

one of the most beautifully designed

un dos espazo públicos mellor

public spaces in America.

deseñados de América.

But to anyone who hasn't visited,

Pero para aqueles que non o visitaran,

these images can't really fully convey.

estas imaxes non se axustan por completo.

To really understand Central Park,

Para comprender de verdade Central Park

you have to physically be there.

tes que estar alí físicamente.

Well, the same is true of the music,

Ben, sucede o mesmo coa música

which my brother and I composed and mapped

que meu irmán mais eu compuxemos e localizamos

specifically for Central Park.

especificamente para Central Park.

(Music)

(Música)

I'd like to talk to you today a little bit about the work

Gustaríame falarvos hoxe un pouco sobre o traballo

that my brother Hays and I are doing --

que meu irmán Hays e eu estamos a facer.

That's us there. That's both of us actually —

-Ahí estamos nós. Somos nólos dous de feito -

specifically about a concept that we've been developing over the last few years,

concretamente sobre o concepto que estivemos desenvolvendo ao longo dos últimos anos,

this idea of location-aware music.

a idea da música que ten en conta a ubicación.

Now, my brother and I, we're musicians

Ben, meu irmán e eu somos músicos

and music producers.

e produtores de música.

We've been working together since,

Levamos traballando xuntos dende,

well, since we were kids, really.

ben, dende que eramos nenos en realidade.

But recently, we've become more and more interested

Pero ultimamente, fómonos interesando cada vez máis

in projects where art

en proxectos nos que a arte

and technology intersect,

e a tecnoloxía se cruzan,

from creating sight-specific audio

dende crear unha instalación de audio e vídeo

and video installation

específica para unhas vistas

to engineering interactive concerts.

ata deseñar concertos interactivos.

But today I want to focus on this concept

Pero hoxe quero centrarme neste concepto

of composition for physical space.

de compoñer para un espazo físico.

But before I go too much further into that,

Pero antes de ir máis aló con isto,

let me tell you a little bit about how we got started

deixádeme contarvos un pouco máis sobre como

with this idea.

comezamos con esta idea.

My brother and I were living in New York City

Meu irmán e eu estabamos vivindo en Nova York

when the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude

cando os artistas Christo e Jeanne-Claude

did their temporary installation, The Gates,

fixeron a súa instalación temporal, "The Gates",

in Central Park.

en Central Park.

Hundreds of these brightly-colored sculptures

Centos destas esculturas de cores brillantes

decorated the park for a number of weeks,

decoraron o parque unhas semanas

and unlike work that's exhibited

e, a diferenza do traballo exposto

in a more neutral space,

en espazos máis neutrais,

like on the walls of a gallery or a museum,

como as paredes dunha galería ou dun museo,

this was work that was really in dialogue

este era un traballo que estaba realmente dialogando

with this place,

con este lugar,

and in a lot of ways, The Gates

e de moitos xeitos, "The Gates"

was really a celebration

foi realmente unha celebración

of Frederick Olmsted's incredible design.

do incrible deseño de Frederick Olmsted.

This was an experience that stayed with us

Esta foi unha experiencia que se mantivo con nós

for a long time, and years later,

por moito tempo, e anos despois

my brother and I moved back to Washington, D.C.,

meu irmán mais eu mudámonos de novo a Washington DC

and we started to ask the question,

e comezamos a preguntarnos

would it be possible,

se sería posible,

in the same way that The Gates

do mesmo xeito que "The Gates"

responded to the physical layout of the park,

respondía á disposición física do parque,

to compose music for a landscape?

compoñer música para unha paisaxe.

Which brought us to this.

O que nos conduciu ata aqui.

(Music)

(Música)

On Memorial Day, we released "The National Mall,"

No Día dos Caídos, estreamos "The National Mall"

a location-aware album

un album que ten en conta a ubicación

released exclusively as a mobile app

lanzado en exclusiva como unha aplicación móbil

that uses the device's built-in GPS functionality

que usaba a función interna do GPS

to sonically map the entire park

para cartografar sonoramente todo o parque

in our hometown of Washington, D.C.

da nosa cidade natal en Washington, DC.

Hundreds of musical segments

Centos de segmentos musicais

are geo-tagged throughout the entire park

están etiquetados xeograficamente por todo o parque

so that as a listener traverses the landscape,

polo que a medida que o ouvinte atravesa a paisaxe,

a musical score is actually unfolding around them.

un indicador musical vaise estendendo ó seu arredor.

So this is not a playlist or a list of songs

Así que isto non é unha lista de reproducción ou de cancións

intended for the park,

planeada para o parque,

but rather an array of distinct melodies and rhythms

senón máis ben un espectro de distintos ritmos e melodías

that fit together like pieces of a puzzle

que encaixan entre si como pezas dun crebacabezas

and blend seamlessly

e se mesturan continuamente

based on a listener's chosen trajectory.

segundo a traxectoria escollida polo ouvinte.

So think of this as

Así que pensen en isto como

a choose-your-own-adventure of an album.

un álbum de escolle-a-túaa-propia-aventura.

Let's take a closer look.

Botemos unha ollada máis de preto.

Let's look at one example here.

Vexamos este exemplo.

So using the app,

Utilizando a aplicación

as you make your way towards the grounds

a medida que te abres camiño polo terreo

surrounding the Washington Monument,

rodeando o monumento a Washington,

you hear the sounds of instruments warming up,

escoitas o son dos instrumentos afinándose,

which then gives way to the sound of a mellotron

que logo da paso ó son dun mellotron

spelling out a very simple melody.

entoando unha melodía moi sinxela.

This is then joined by the sound of sweeping violins.

A isto úneselle despois o envolvente son de violíns.

Keep walking, and a full choir joins in,

Segue a andar e unirase un coro completo

until you finally reach the top of the hill

ata que finalmente acades o alto do outeiro

and you're hearing the sound of drums and fireworks

e escoitarás o son de tambores e fogos de artificio

and all sorts of musical craziness,

e todo tipo de tolerías musicais

as if all of these sounds are radiating out

como se todos estes sons fosen irradiados

from this giant obelisk that punctuates

polo obelisco xigante que irrumpe

the center of the park.

no centro do parque.

But were you to walk in the opposite direction,

Pero se te dirixises á dirección oposta

this entire sequence happens in reverse.

toda a secuencia sucedería en orde inversa.

And were you to actually exit the perimeter of the park,

E cando saises do perímetro do parque,

the music would fade to silence,

a música esvaeceríase ata desaparecer,

and the play button would disappear.

e o botón do play desaparecería.

We're sometimes contacted by people in other parts of the world

Ás veces contacta con nós xente doutros lugares do mundo

who can't travel to the United States,

que non poden viaxar ós Estados Unidos,

but would like to hear this record.

pero ós que lles gustaría escoitar esta grabación.

Well, unlike a normal album,

Ben, a diferenza dun disco normal,

we haven't been able to accommodate this request.

non puidemos satisfacer esta petición.

When they ask for a C.D. or an MP3 version,

Cando piden un CD ou unha versión en MP3,

we just can't make that happen,

simplemente non podemos conseguilo

and the reason is because

e a razón é que

this isn't a promotional app

esta non é unha aplicación promocional,

or a game to promote or accompany

ou un xogo para publicitar ou acompañar

the release of a traditional record.

o lanzamento dunha grabación tradicional.

In this case, the app is the work itself,

Neste caso, a aplicación é o traballo en si mesmo

and the architecture of the landscape

e a arquitectura da paisaxe

is intrinsic to the listening experience.

é intrínseca á experiencia auditiva.

Six months later, we did a location-aware album

Seis meses despois, creamos un disco que ten en conta a ubicación

for Central Park,

para Central Park,

a park that is over two times the size of the National Mall,

un parque que duplica o tamaño do National Mall,

with music spanning from the Sheep's Meadow

con música que abarcaba dende Sheep's Meadow

to the Ramble to the Reservoir.

ata a camiñata á presa.

Currently, my brother and I are working on

Actualmente, meu irmán e eu estamos traballando

projects all over the country,

en proxectos por todo o país,

but last spring we started a project,

pero a primavera pasada comezamos un proxecto

here actually at Stanford's

precisamente aquí no Stanford's

Experimental Media Art Department,

Experimental Media Art Department,

where we're creating our largest location-aware album to date,

onde estamos creando o noso maior disco que ten en conta a ubicación ata agora,

one that will span the entirety of Highway 1

que abarcará toda a Estrada 1

here on the Pacific Coast.

aquí na costa do Pacífico.

But what we're doing, integrating GPS with music,

Pero o que nos facemos, incorporar GPS á música,

is really just one idea.

en realidade é só unha idea.

But it speaks to a larger vision

Aínda que conduce a unha visión máis ampla

for a music industry that's sometimes struggled

para unha industria que ás veces forcexa

to find its footing in this digital age,

para atopar o seu lugar na era dixital,

that they begin to see these new technologies

que empecen a ver nestas novas tecnoloxías

not simply as ways of adding bells and whistles

non só como formas de engadir campás e asubíos

to an existing model,

a un modelo existente,

but to dream up entirely new ways

senón que fantaseen con modelos totalmente novos

for people to interact with

nos que a xente intereactúe

and experience music.

e experimente a música.

Thank you.

Grazas.

(Applause)

(Aplausos)