Rise
By Uno Lady (Christa Ebert) & Clare Celeste Börsch
Rise is a collaboration between Cleveland composer Christa Ebert (Uno Lady) and Berlin-based artist Clare Celeste Börsch. The lyrics were inspired by a poem written by Clare. The song offers a vision for the future where we live within our planetary boundaries, in community and thriving in mutual interconnectedness with the natural world. Inspired by the podcast How to Save a Planet's call to action to write a climate anthem, this is our offering to the movement. It is meant to be sung with others, with the clapping of hands and marching of feet. It is a song that is created through movement, in movement, together: through the power of We.
All the voices are Christa Ebert. The song has field recordings throughout. The percussion is made of crows, chickadee calls, and hummingbird flutters. The beat is a leaky roof dripping into a metal bucket recorded in France. There are sounds from streams in Switzerland and waves from Lake Erie.
About the Artists
Clare Celeste
Clare Celeste is an artist and environmentalist. She works with thousands of hand-cut images of flora and fauna to create immersive installations that are evocative of our planet’s threatened biodiversity. Clare is dedicated to raising awareness and action around the ecological and biodiversity crises.
Clare has been featured in the Guardian, Deutsche Welle, Oprah Magazine, This is Colossal, The Jealous Curator, and My Modern Met. Clare holds a Master’s in Public Policy from UCLA and brings together art and environmental advocacy. She lives and works in Berlin with her husband and son.
Christa Ebert
Musician and mixed media artist Christa Ebert performs as Uno Lady and composes songs with her voice, nature sounds, and electronic tools. Using her four-octave singing range, she constructs sonic worlds by looping dream-like vocal layers. As a video artist, she creates nature inspired stop-motion music videos to accompany her compositions. Christa has recorded and produced six releases, including the most recent mindfulness series, GROUNDED. Her unique talent has been acknowledged with various awards, including residencies and fellowships with Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, Foundation House, and SPACE’s Urgent Art Fund.
Christa has her BA in Urban Studies and Masters of Public Administration from Cleveland State. She is passionate about helping people and the planet and has over a decade of professional organizing experience around environmental issues and with arts nonprofits. As a consultant she supports nonprofits with a variety of projects and composes meditation music for a national school wellness program.