{"id":31942,"date":"2024-12-26T10:22:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T09:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/?p=31942"},"modified":"2026-04-02T18:09:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:09:05","slug":"npr-on-bjork-at-pompidou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/?p=31942","title":{"rendered":"NPR on Bj\u00f6rk\u2019s Nature Manifesto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20241126_me_a_new_installation_lets_you_hear_extinct_and_endangered_animal_sounds_thanks_to_bj_rk.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"605\" src=\"https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bjork-ai-1024x605.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bjork-ai-1024x605.png 1024w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bjork-ai-450x266.png 450w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bjork-ai-250x148.png 250w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bjork-ai-768x454.png 768w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bjork-ai-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bjork-ai-600x355.png 600w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bjork-ai-210x124.png 210w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bjork-ai.png 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3 minute radio piece on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/22\/nx-s1-5199068\/bjork-endangered-extinct-sound\">NPR<\/a> (National Public Radio), the American public broadcasting organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visitors can hear Bj\u00f6rk&#8217;s immersive, otherworldly soundscape,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ircam.fr\/agenda\/nature-manifesto\/detail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Nature Manifesto<\/em><\/a>, over the next few weeks as they climb the long, glass escalator that hugs the side of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.centrepompidou.fr\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Centre Pompidou<\/a>&nbsp;in Paris, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conceived as a post-optimistic manifesto on nature, this sound piece by Bj\u00f6rk and Aleph addresses the unprecedented loss of biodiversity and the collapse of ecosystems. The work combines Bj\u00f6rk\u2019s voice, reading her manifesto, with the cries of extinct and endangered animals, harmonized with natural soundscapes. Envisioning a future where the resilience of biology forms new combinations in nature, the work gives voice to silent nature, transforming its quietude into sound and resonating within our collective imagination. The sounds were edited and produced by Bj\u00f6rk in collaboration with Robin Meier Wiratunga, using Ircam softwares and artificial intelligence models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-11-21-at-13.26.00-scaled-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-11-21-at-13.26.00-scaled-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-11-21-at-13.26.00-scaled-1-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-11-21-at-13.26.00-scaled-1-1280x854.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-11-21-at-13.26.00-scaled-1-250x167.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-11-21-at-13.26.00-scaled-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-11-21-at-13.26.00-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-11-21-at-13.26.00-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-11-21-at-13.26.00-scaled-1-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 minute radio piece on NPR (National Public Radio), the American public broadcasting organization. Visitors can hear Bj\u00f6rk&#8217;s immersive, otherworldly soundscape,&nbsp;Nature Manifesto, over the next few weeks as they climb the long, glass escalator that hugs the side of&nbsp;Centre Pompidou&nbsp;in Paris, France. Conceived as a post-optimistic manifesto on nature, this sound piece by Bj\u00f6rk and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,108],"tags":[104,82,58],"class_list":["post-31942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-media","category-talks","tag-bjork","tag-publications","tag-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NPR on Bj\u00f6rk\u2019s Nature Manifesto - robin meier wiratunga<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/?p=31942\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NPR on Bj\u00f6rk\u2019s Nature Manifesto - robin meier wiratunga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"3 minute radio piece on NPR (National Public Radio), the American public broadcasting organization. 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