NO MORE LULLABIES 350 MINUTES OF MUSIC AND FILM
October 24th 2009 at Södra Teatern, Stockholm.
Twenty-five Swedish artists will go onstage one after another for a total of 350 minutes. The aim is to draw attention to the International Day of Climate Action. The appearances will take turns with minute-long short films with climate change and the individual as a common theme.
Participating artists: Asha Ali, Robyn, Ane Brun, Louise Hoffsten, Promoe, Tomas Andersson Wij, Nina Ramsby, Benny Andersson, Elin Ruth Sigvardsson, Emil Jensen, Jaqee, Kristofer Åström , Loney, Dear, Nicolai Dunger, Deportees, Wendy McNeill, Tobias Fröberg, Rebekka Karijord, Those Dancing Days, Ossler, Bob Hansson, The Tiny, Nina Kinert, and others.
The artists who have chosen to participate will appear at Södra Teatern as individuals not activists with a mutual wish that we all have to take the climate issue seriously.
Climate change, in one way or another will affect all of us. Yet we don't speak openly about our feelings concerning out uncertain future. We all tend to handle the situation in different ways. Fighting spirit, angst, ignorance and denial are just a few of the states that were in.
No More Lullabies wants to open up for a more straightforward dialogue, man to man. Conversations about climate issues that goes beyond political rhetoric, defence mechanisms and vested interest. In the long run, this dialogue could make the global climate crisis become a subject that we choose to talk about more often in our daily lives and thereby inspires us to take action.
Ane Brun is the initiator of the event. Tällberg Foundation is co-arranger. The evening will also be the starting point of the long-term project No More Lullabies.
Home page (under construction) www.nomorelullabies.org
No More Lullabies at Södra Teatern is one of thousands of climate actions, which will take place all over the world on October 24th (www.350.org). The reason for the musical marathon to last 350 minutes refers to the level 350 ppm (or parts per million). This is the concentration level of CO2 in the atmosphere that more and more scientists regard as the upper safe limit to prevent runaway climate change. The present level is already close to 390 ppm and quickly increasing. The international climate summit, COP15 is held in Copenhagen in December this year. It is regarded as a crucial point in time for the international community to sign a sufficient treaty in order to reverse the present trend. There is a great unity among the world's climate scientists that there is a very small amount of time left if we shall be able to reverse the negative climate trend. It is late, but not to late. The history has shown us that the human being has got an incredible capacity for action, when immediate threats are obvious but only if the threats are taken seriously. No more Lullabies time to wake up.
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