ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kaki King - Guitarist
Kaki King combines jaw-dropping guitar work with dreamy, searching songwriting.

Why you should listen

Kaki King's percussive technique (guitar geeks compare it to Preston Reed's; everyone else compares it to Eddie Van Halen's) drives her songs forward, while layers of overdubs and her own soft vocals create a shimmering cloud of sound.

King's work on the soundtrack for 2007's Into the Wild was nominated for a Golden Globe, along with contributors Michael Brook and Eddie Vedder. Her groundbreaking multimedia work The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body uses projection mapping to present the guitar as an ontological tabula rasa in a creation myth unlike any other.

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TED2008

Kaki King: Playing "Pink Noise" on guitar

カキ・キングがロックする「ピンク・ノイズ」

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カキ・キングはローリング・ストーン誌で「ギターの神」に選ばれた初めての女性です。TED2008のステージで、ヒット作「Playing with Pink Noise」を含むフルセットの演奏の模様です。驚愕の芸術性と、突出したギターテクニックの出会いをお楽しみください。
- Guitarist
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I was thinking考え about my place場所 in the universe宇宙,
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世界の中での自分の居場所について
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and about my first thought about what infinity無限 mightかもしれない mean,
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それから、無限とは何かということを初めて
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when I was a child.
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考えていた子供の頃のことを考えていました
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And I thought that if time could reachリーチ
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そして私は、もし時間というものが
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forwardsフォワード and backwards後方に infinitely無限に,
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未来と過去に無限に続いているのなら
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doesn't that mean that
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その意味するところは
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everyすべて pointポイント in time is really infinitely無限に small小さい,
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どの時点においての時間も無限に小さく
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and thereforeしたがって、 somewhat幾分 meaningless無意味な.
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意味など無いのではないかと思いました
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So we don't really have a place場所 in the universe宇宙,
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だから私たちは世界の中に居場所など、
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as far遠い as on a time lineライン.
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時間軸の上にいる以上、無いのかもしれません
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But nothing elseelse does eitherどちらか.
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しかし他の何でも同じく居場所などないのです
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Thereforeしたがって、 everyすべて moment瞬間 really is the most最も important重要 moment瞬間
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だから全ての瞬間は今までで一番重要で
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that's ever happened起こった, includingを含む this moment瞬間 right now.
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もちろん今この瞬間もそうなのではと思います
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And so thereforeしたがって、 this music音楽 you're about to hear聞く
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だからあなたが今これから聴こうとする音楽は
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is maybe the most最も important重要 music音楽
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もしかしたらあなたの人生の中で
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you'llあなたは ever hear聞く in your life.
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一番重要な音楽なのかもしれません
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(Laughter笑い)
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(笑)
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(Applause拍手)
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(Applause拍手)
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Thank you.
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ありがとう
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(Applause拍手)
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(Applause拍手)
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For those of you who I'll be fortunate幸運な enough十分な to meet会う afterwardsその後,
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もしこの後この中の誰かと会う機会があったら
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you could please refrain控える from saying言って,
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どうかこの様に尋ねないでください
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"Oh my god, you're so much shorter短い in realリアル life."
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「あら、とっても小さいのね、実際に会うと」
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(Laughter笑い)
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(笑)
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Because it's like the stageステージ is an optical光学的 illusion錯覚,
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舞台というのは錯覚を起こすものなので
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for some reason理由.
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どうしてなのか
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(Laughter笑い)
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Somewhat幾分 like the curving湾曲 of the universe宇宙.
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世界の歪みのようなものでしょうか
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I don't know what it is. I get asked尋ねた in interviewsインタビュー a lot,
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よく分かりませんが、よく訊かれます
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"My god, you're guitarsギター are so gigantic巨大!"
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「わあ、あなたのギターすごく大きいのね!」
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(Laughter笑い)
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"You must必須 get them customカスタム made -- special特別, humongous膨大な guitarsギター."
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「特別注文したんでしょう、巨大ギターの!」
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(Laughter笑い)
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(Applause拍手)
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Thank you very much.
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どうもありがとう
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(Applause拍手)
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Translated by hiroko nakatani
Reviewed by Masahiro Kyushima

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kaki King - Guitarist
Kaki King combines jaw-dropping guitar work with dreamy, searching songwriting.

Why you should listen

Kaki King's percussive technique (guitar geeks compare it to Preston Reed's; everyone else compares it to Eddie Van Halen's) drives her songs forward, while layers of overdubs and her own soft vocals create a shimmering cloud of sound.

King's work on the soundtrack for 2007's Into the Wild was nominated for a Golden Globe, along with contributors Michael Brook and Eddie Vedder. Her groundbreaking multimedia work The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body uses projection mapping to present the guitar as an ontological tabula rasa in a creation myth unlike any other.

More profile about the speaker
Kaki King | Speaker | TED.com

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