Spoken Word landed on its feet in the late 1990s after the Postmodern Art Movement. I decided to use this in my work as I chose a contemporary theme which I believe fitted the late 20th century aesthetic of spoken word within the song.
Despite this, I chose this technique as I wanted my art piece to be as immersive as possible. The work itself is named ‘A Party At 10 Downing Street’ and I wanted this to reach out to the listener as if they were truly there. I decided to use sections of Boris Johnson speaking in a spoken word aesthetic. Despite it having a dramatic effect when alongside the music it also made the piece clearer about what it was aiming to say. The spoken word worked well as it becomes almost a mockery of the prime minister and compliments the music that goes alongside this. His persona and seriousness and his job title amplify to the world juxtapose how I have portrayed him in this piece by manipulating what he said and pairing this with comical sound effects.
Although this has been the first time using spoken word within my work I hope to use it again as I believe it allows another value to sound work and allows an extra avenue for the reader to connect to the piece.