I used the footage I filmed from weeks ago of different people reading quotes from two high profile individuals: Donald Trump and Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
I layered three recorded voices over one another in Audacity to create an irritating, grating sound snippet, which I hope to blare through a speaker as I project the video loops I made yesterday onto wall space. I hope the installation will capture the opposing views on climate change; each individual not allowing the other to speak.
I used two recordings of the quote from Donald Trump, and layered softly spoken people together, while I had the third person’s voice alone for Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s quote as her voice was quite animated. I liked the contrast between the softly spoken people and the more animated individuals who I filmed.
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The quotes revolved around climate change and where as follows:
‘Is there climate change? Yeah. Will it go back like this? I mean, will it change back. Probably, that’s what I think. I believe it goes this way, and I believe yes, uh, man, meaning...us people; men and women, to be politically correct, but - cause everyone says “man” but we have to add women to that one too...’
- Donald Trump on Climate Change
‘Oh my gosh, if you melt those ice-sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, the water level will rise to the Statue of Liberty’s elbow...Okay? So, we’re talking, not so much “it’s so hot it’s going kill me”, no, we’re talking about sea level change. And where are all of the greatest cities in the world? They’re on the oceans’ edge, the river’s edge.’
- Neil DeGrasse Tyson on Climate Change
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZq2L_49PBQ&ab_channel=HBO
President Trump on Climate Change | AXIOS on HBO, Youtube, HBO, 2018.
Time: 1.02 - 1.22 (mins/secs).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm_YoL9ykC4&ab_channel=CNN
DeGrasse Tyson: We have to believe science on climate change,
Time 3.12 - 3.37 (mins/secs).
*Note: Watching the interview again, I realized I made a slight error with recording DeGrasse Tyson’s quote: “the water levels will rise to the Statue of Liberty’s elbow..Okay?” should have been “the water levels will rise and come to the level of the Statue of Liberty’s elbow”.