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

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(Music)

(Glazba)

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

Svima koji su ikada posjetili New York City ili koji su živjeli tamo,

these shots might start to look familiar.

ove slike bi mogle izgledati poznato.

This is Central Park,

Ovo je Central Park

one of the most beautifully designed

jedan od najljepše dizajniranih

public spaces in America.

javnih prostora u Americi.

But to anyone who hasn't visited,

Ali onima koji nikad nisu bili tamo,

these images can't really fully convey.

ove slike ne mogu potpuno prenijeti doživljaj.

To really understand Central Park,

Da biste zaista razumijeli Central Park,

you have to physically be there.

morate biti fizički prisutni tamo.

Well, the same is true of the music,

Isto vrijedi i za glazbu

which my brother and I composed and mapped

koju smo ja i moj brat skladali i mapirali

specifically for Central Park.

posebno za Central Park.

(Music)

(Glazba)

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

Danas bih vam želio malo pričati o tome što

that my brother Hays and I are doing --

moj brat Hays i ja zapravo radimo --

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

To smo mi. Tu smo zapravo obojica --

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

a posebno o konceptu kojeg smo razvijali posljednjih nekoliko godina,

this idea of location-aware music.

o ideji glazbe prema lokaciji.

Now, my brother and I, we're musicians

Moj brat i ja smo glazbenici

and music producers.

i glazbeni producenti.

We've been working together since,

Radimo zajedno od,

well, since we were kids, really.

pa, od malena, zapravo.

But recently, we've become more and more interested

Ali nedavno smo se zainteresirali

in projects where art

za projekte u kojima se umjetnost

and technology intersect,

i tehnologija isprepliću,

from creating sight-specific audio

od stvaranja audio i

and video installation

i video instalacija prema lokaciji

to engineering interactive concerts.

do stvaranja interaktivnih koncerata.

But today I want to focus on this concept

Ali danas se želim osvrnuti na koncept

of composition for physical space.

skladanja za fizički prostor.

But before I go too much further into that,

Ali prije nego što zađem dublje u ovu temu

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

dopustite mi da vam kažem malo o tome kako smo došli

with this idea.

na ovu ideju.

My brother and I were living in New York City

Ja i brat smo živjeli u New York Cityju

when the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude

kad su umjetnici Christo i Jeanne-Claude

did their temporary installation, The Gates,

postavili svoju privremenu instalaciju, 'Vrata',

in Central Park.

u Central Parku.

Hundreds of these brightly-colored sculptures

Stotine ovih skulptura žarkih boja

decorated the park for a number of weeks,

nekoliko tjedana je ukrašavalo park

and unlike work that's exhibited

i za razliku od djela koja se izlažu

in a more neutral space,

u neutralnijim prostorima

like on the walls of a gallery or a museum,

poput zidova galerija i muzeja,

this was work that was really in dialogue

ovo je bilo djelo koje je uistinu bilo u dijalogu

with this place,

s ovim mjestom

and in a lot of ways, The Gates

i na mnogo načina 'Vrata'

was really a celebration

su bila slavlje

of Frederick Olmsted's incredible design.

nevjerojatnog dizajna Fredericka Olmsteda.

This was an experience that stayed with us

Ovo je bilo iskustvo koje nas je

for a long time, and years later,

dugo pratilo i nekoliko godina kasnije

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

ja i brat smo se doselili natrag u Washington, D. C.

and we started to ask the question,

i počeli postavljati pitanje

would it be possible,

bi li bilo moguće,

in the same way that The Gates

na isti način kao što su 'Vrata'

responded to the physical layout of the park,

bila u skladu s fizičkim planom parka,

to compose music for a landscape?

skladati glazbu za krajolik?

Which brought us to this.

I to nas je dovelo do ovoga.

(Music)

(Glazba)

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

Na Dan sjećanja izašao je "The National Mall"

a location-aware album

album prema lokaciji

released exclusively as a mobile app

te je bio dostupan isključivo kao aplikacija za mobitele

that uses the device's built-in GPS functionality

koja koristi ugrađenu GPS funkciju uređaja za određivanje položaja

to sonically map the entire park

kako bi sonički mapirala cijeli park

in our hometown of Washington, D.C.

i to u našem rodnom gradu Wahingtonu, D.C.

Hundreds of musical segments

Stotine glazbenih segmenata

are geo-tagged throughout the entire park

je geografski tagirano po cijelom parku

so that as a listener traverses the landscape,

tako da se slušatelju, dok prolazi kroz krajolik,

a musical score is actually unfolding around them.

glazbeni brojevi, zapravo, otkrivaju oko njega.

So this is not a playlist or a list of songs

Tako da ovo nije glazbena lista niti lista pjesama

intended for the park,

namijenjena za park

but rather an array of distinct melodies and rhythms

već niz različitih melodija i ritmova

that fit together like pieces of a puzzle

koji pristaju zajedno kao dijelovi slagalilce

and blend seamlessly

i neprimjetno se stapaju

based on a listener's chosen trajectory.

na osnovi putanje koju je slušatelj izabrao.

So think of this as

Pa mislite o ovome kao da

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

vlastitim izborom stvarate album svojih pustolovina.

Let's take a closer look.

Pogledajmo malo pobliže.

Let's look at one example here.

Evo jedan primjer.

So using the app,

Koristeći aplikaciju,

as you make your way towards the grounds

dok se približavate prostoru

surrounding the Washington Monument,

oko Washingtonova spomenika

you hear the sounds of instruments warming up,

čut ćete zvukove instrumenata kako se zagrijavaju

which then gives way to the sound of a mellotron

koji tada prepuštaju mjesto zvuku melotrona

spelling out a very simple melody.

koji oblikuje vrlo jednostavnu melodiju.

This is then joined by the sound of sweeping violins.

Tada se pridružuje zvuk moćnih violina.

Keep walking, and a full choir joins in,

Šetajući se dalje, priključuje se cijeli zbor

until you finally reach the top of the hill

sve dok ne stignete do vrha brežuljka

and you're hearing the sound of drums and fireworks

i čujete zvuk bubnjeva i vatrometa

and all sorts of musical craziness,

i svakakvih drugih glazbenih ludosti

as if all of these sounds are radiating out

kao da svi ovi zvukovi isijavaju iz

from this giant obelisk that punctuates

ovog divovskog obeliska koji obilježava

the center of the park.

centar parka.

But were you to walk in the opposite direction,

Ali kad biste krenuli u suprotnom smjeru,

this entire sequence happens in reverse.

cijeli slijed bi se odigrao unatrag.

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

A ako biste napustili prostor parka,

the music would fade to silence,

glazba bi izblijedjela sve do potpune tišine

and the play button would disappear.

i dugme za puštanje glazbe bi nestalo.

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

Ponekad nas kontaktiraju ljudi iz drugih dijelova svijeta

who can't travel to the United States,

koji ne mogu doći u Sjedinjene Države

but would like to hear this record.

ali bi htjeli poslušati ovaj album.

Well, unlike a normal album,

Za razliku od normalnog albuma,

we haven't been able to accommodate this request.

nismo mogli udovoljiti ovakvom zahtjevu.

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

Kada traže C.D. ili MP3 verziju,

we just can't make that happen,

mi im to ne možemo omogućiti,

and the reason is because

a razlog je taj što

this isn't a promotional app

ovo nije promotivna aplikacija

or a game to promote or accompany

ili igra koja bi promicala ili pratila

the release of a traditional record.

izdavanje tradicionalnog albuma.

In this case, the app is the work itself,

U ovom slučaju, aplikacija je sama po sebi djelo

and the architecture of the landscape

i arhitektura krajolilka

is intrinsic to the listening experience.

je intrinzična iskustvu slušanja.

Six months later, we did a location-aware album

Šest mjeseci kasnije napravili smo album prema lokaciji

for Central Park,

za Central Park,

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

park koji je dva puta veći od šetališta National Mall

with music spanning from the Sheep's Meadow

s rasponom glazbe od 'Livade ovaca'

to the Ramble to the Reservoir.

do 'Lutanja do jezera'.

Currently, my brother and I are working on

Trenutno brat i ja radimo na

projects all over the country,

projektima diljem zemlje

but last spring we started a project,

ali prošlo proljeće smo započeli projekt

here actually at Stanford's

zapravo ovdje na

Experimental Media Art Department,

odjelu za eksperimentalnu umjetnost medija na Stanfordu

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

gdje stvaramo naš najveći album prema lokaciji do sada

one that will span the entirety of Highway 1

koji će pokrivati cijeli prostor Autoputa 1

here on the Pacific Coast.

ovdje na obali Pacifika.

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

Ali to što radimo, spajamo GPS lociranje i glazbu,

is really just one idea.

je samo jedna ideja.

But it speaks to a larger vision

Ali ona govori o većoj viziji

for a music industry that's sometimes struggled

za glazbenu industriju koja se ponekad borila

to find its footing in this digital age,

kako bi našla svoje uporište u ovo digitalno doba,

that they begin to see these new technologies

da oni sami počinju vidjeti ove nove tehnologije

not simply as ways of adding bells and whistles

ne samo kao načine da poboljšaju

to an existing model,

postojeće modele

but to dream up entirely new ways

već da smisle potpuno nove načine

for people to interact with

na koje će ljudi komunicirati s glazbom

and experience music.

i iskusiti je.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)