06/24/2020
SILENCE
In Memory of What is Yet to Come + Tractus
On 19 March 2016, 13-year-old David Tomažič from the Šmartno pri Litiji Primary School launched a home-made weather balloon with the help of his father and friends. David found the sponsors for his project himself, acquired all the necessary permits and equipped the balloon with a camera, a GPS and measuring devices. The balloon rose 27 kilometres high, all the way to the stratosphere, before it blew up in the thinned air.
David published the spectacular footage of the balloon’s flight online. He called the project Tractus.
David Tomažič: "This has always been my thing, I’d like to travel into space in search of other planetary systems, other planets. I’d like to see living organisms on other planets, if they exist. I’d like to live in a future where the environment is more valued, where people are more aware of its importance, where nations don’t compete among themselves, but are friendly, help each other and create together, in space and on land."
The footage of the balloon’s flight was included in the programme of the state ceremony to mark Slovenia’s Independence and Unity Day in December 2017. The song In Memory of What is Yet to come of the Slovenian group Silence was performed by the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra.
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V spomin tistemu, kar se še ni zgodilo + Tractus
19. marca 2016 je David Tomažič, 13-letni učenec Osnovne šole Šmartno pri Litiji, s pomočjo očeta in peščice prijateljev v nebo spustil doma izdelan vremenski balon. David je sam nabral sponzorje za projekt, pridobil vsa potrebna dovoljenja, balon pa opremil s kamero, GPS modulom in merilnimi napravami. Balon se je, preden je podlegel razredčeni atmosferi, vzpel vse do startosfere, na višino 27 kilometrov. Spektakularni posnetek njegovega leta je David objavil na spletu. Projekt je poimenoval – Tractus.
David Tomažič: "Že od nekdaj se vidim v tem, rad bi potoval po vesolju, šel bi iskat druge planetne sisteme, planete. Rad bi videl, kakšni so organizmi na drugih planetih, če so, če obstajajo. Rad bi živel v prihodnosti, kjer je okolje bolj pomembna vrednota, se ga bolj zavedamo, narodi med samo ne tekmujejo, so prijateljski, si pomagajo, skupaj ustvarjajo vesoljske in druge dosežke."
Posnetek poleta balona je bil del programa državne proslave ob dnevu samostojnosti in enotnosti decembra 2017. Pesem V spomin tistemu, kar se še ni zgodilo (In Memory of What is Yet to Come) slovenske skupine Silence je izvedel simfonični orkester RTV Slovenije.