Kayla Briët: Why do I make art? To build time capsules for my heritage
Kayla Briët: Kodėl kuriu meną? Tam, kad sukurčiau laiko kapsulę savo kultūros palikimui
TED Fellow Kayla Briët explores themes of identity and self-discovery in multiple mediums of storytelling: film, multi-media arts and music. Full bio
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the Taos Pueblo Hoop Dance,
Pueblo lankų šokio,
of years ago in Southwestern USA.
pietvakarių JAV.
out of willow wood,
to create formations of the natural world,
in a constant spin,
a cultural window to the past.
at the world around them.
obsessed with time capsules.
is that they're uncontrollably fascinating
of keeping stories alive.
of my heritage and the past
susigrąžinimą,
time capsules to share.
ir muzikos „laiko kapsules“.
how I found my voice,
kaip atradau savo balsą,
about how I grew up.
in a multigenerational home,
dėdėmis ir seneliais.
uncles and grandparents.
with immigrant parents,
o šaknys Olandijoje, Indonezijoje, Kinijoje,
genties narys
in Northeastern Kansas.
how to fold dumplings,
traditional-style dancing
tradicinių šokių,
ir vokalo muziką.
of drums and singers.
cultures was the norm,
man įprasta,
to find my voice,
or Native enough.
indonezietė, indėnė,
of any community,
the stories of my heritage
to rediscover my own.
gave me a voice was music.
muzika.
and multiple instruments,
that were much bigger than my own.
ir pasaulius daug didesnius už manąjį
into a sonic portal
is the guzheng zither,
is hundreds of years old,
than 2,000 years of history.
daugiau nei 2 tūkstančių.
influence me today,
to play traditional folk music long ago.
skirtu tradicinei liaudies muzikai
to the pentatonic scale,
in so many parts of music
and holding onto the past,
norą kabintis į praeitį.
the music I create today.
ir mane skatina kurti muziką.
this feeling of immersion
internete
to learn editing software,
bandydama sutaupyti,
I wanted to tell and preserve.
ką noriu pasakyti ir išsaugoti.
yra pamirštas?
documentary film,
dokumentinis filmas
of music, song, color and dance,
į muzikos, dainų, spalvų ir šokio pasaulį,
of my identity, my Native heritage,
kad dalis mano identiteto,
bus pamiršta su laiku.
due to historically forced assimilation.
dėl priverstinės asimiliacijos.
if they practiced traditional ways
už indėniškų tradicijų palaikymą
būdavo perduodamos žodžiu.
recognized tribes in the United States,
lygmeniu pripažintos gentys.
wearing long hair in braids.
in the world as human beings."
kaip žmonės.“
for over a year,
from around the world,
pasaulio vietose
with the exact same struggle
the power storytelling has
that comes with this power.
kurią įgijame su šia galia.
when our stories are rewritten or ignored,
perrašomi arba ignoruojami,
and just listening to each other's
vienas kito klausymas
that can transcend time itself.
peržengiantį laiko ribas.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kayla Briët - Filmmaker, musicianTED Fellow Kayla Briët explores themes of identity and self-discovery in multiple mediums of storytelling: film, multi-media arts and music.
Why you should listen
Kayla Briët explores themes of identity and self-discovery in multiple mediums of storytelling: film, multi-media arts and music. Briët's short documentary, Smoke That Travels, immerses viewers in her native Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation heritage and explores fears that her culture may someday be forgotten. This film has screened and won awards at over 45 festivals internationally, including MoMA in NYC, and has been archived in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. The film also earned her a year-long fellowship with Sundance Film Festival in 2016.
As a multi-instrumentalist and self-taught composer, Briët also scores her own films and creates music in styles ranging from cinematic to alternative pop to electronic. She performs live as a one-woman band, with her keyboard, guitar, loop pedal and guzheng zither, a traditional Chinese instrument. Recently, Briët was named a 2017 TED Fellow, 2016 Sundance Film Festival Ignite Fellow, 2016 Adobe Creativity Scholar, 2016 MIT Chamber Scholar for her interest in blockchain technology, and a 2016 Oculus Launch Pad Artist for virtual reality. Currently, she is creating and directing documentary and experimental film as well as immersive experiences in the virtual reality space.
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