The Great Silence

(Yogi/Bronwyn)

Some food for thought as the week is slowly ending.

Check out this amazing collaboration between artist duo Allora & Calzadilla and the best contemporary science-fiction writer of our age, Ted Chiang. It is a short film, featuring Chiang's story "The Great Silence," about alien consciousness on earth, and the great silence in the sky, which will soon be matched by a great silence on our planet.  Heartbreaking. Art & science full of meaning. An essential part of tasting the pickle we're in.

The video is available on Vimeo. Chiang's story is part of his collection of short stories called "Exhalation."