“Anthem Anthem Revolution is a crowd-sourced installation that gives people the chance to battle a table tennis robot to replace Australia’s national anthem with a new national anthem,” he said.
Players will have to fight a table tennis robot in order to write a new Australian anthem Source: Provided / Terrapin Puppet Theater
Terrapin had the opportunity to pitch an idea at the 2022 Birmingham Festival. This idea was to be based on a Commonwealth Games sport.
“We wanted to take a look at our anthem, but also see who is writing this anthem, and what hopes and dreams does the existing anthem represent, and what hopes and dreams might a new anthem represent?”
Sam Routledge is the Artistic Director of Terrapin Puppet Theatre. He came up with the idea for “Anthem Anthem Revolution” after realizing that the game of table tennis had a rhythmic pattern. Source: SBS News / Sarah Maunder
As participants play the game, they will simultaneously create a new anthem: with each hit or bounce, they will hear a child’s voice or musical sound. The more success the player has, the more voices and sounds they will hear, which will create their own unique anthem.
Verse 1
Anthem Anthem, it’s a revolution
Stop division and start inclusion
Solve the problems, find the solution
To change the climate and cause pollution
Working together to stop the confusion
Chorus
Our bodies the earth
The waters of our blood
And humans our nature
Now we move as one
Our bodies the earth
The waters of our blood
we are we are
Verse 2
This land has an indigenous heart
multicolored australia
Through the scars of history
Youth is our voice
Still need to be heard
In the ear of all allies
It’s the power of words
They resonate through time
With the lessons we learn
Always building a future
Chorus
Our bodies the earth
The waters of our blood
And humans our nature
Now we move as one
Our bodies the earth
The waters of our blood
we are we are
Verse 3
Acceptance is the key
These hands are mine
Like the branches of a tree
Together we grow
Our past can go
A bad taste on the tongue
We are always moving forward
With a rainbow thumb
A protesting foot
Stomp hard on the ground
Don’t forget to recognize
Chorus (x2)
Our bodies the earth
The waters of our blood
And humans our nature
Now we move as one
Our bodies the earth
The waters of our blood
we are we are
“Working with these young people, it was very evident that they take in their environment – and what is happening in the world – and think about it critically.
Deni and Sam Source: SBS News / Sarah Maunder
“It was really exciting to be in the room with these young people, to hear their ideas, to hear what is important to them and to hear what they wanted to say, and so I kind of packed that in a packet with rhymes. and rap.
“It’s so exciting to have work from Australia, not to mention Tassie, overseas represented, it’s a sense of pride, and I hope the audience there can get as much out of it. that we have as a community and the workers in the arts bringing it all together.
A few themes came up in the room about identity, place and culture, and we landed on Australia as a body, and our body as a country.
Dennis Proctor
“I wanted to pay tribute to the traditional owners of this land, the indigenous peoples.
“I think it’s best to acknowledge that the Aborigines were the first people on the earth, and to acknowledge what the English invaders did to them, and the war crimes they committed, because that’s was a war,” he said.
Declan Triffitt-Haney, 13, says an important theme of “Anthem Anthem Revolution” is truth. Source: SBS News / Sarah Maunder
At this time, Anthem Anthem Revolution is just an interactive art installation, there are no plans to replace Advance Australia Fair with it, or any other song. But one day, if Australia were looking for a new national anthem, Ms Proctor would propose Anthem Anthem Revolution for consideration.
“Anthem Anthem Revolution” will be on display for another week, before hitting the Queen Elizabeth Live Site in London for a week. The facility will be accessible to the public for up to eight hours a day.
Isabella Triffitt, 12, wanted the anthem to reflect Australia’s diverse cultures and pay tribute to Aboriginal people. Source: SBS News / Sarah Maunder
“It’s weird that something I’ve written is in the UK, and being seen by people I’ll probably never meet is kind of weird,” Declan said.
“I think an anthem should always challenge us to go, well, what do we stand for as a country, and where do we want to go or move forward together?” she says.
