George the Poet teams up with young Londoners to reimagine iconic paintings through spoken word
Supported by George the Poet, a new project at London's FRAMELESS reimagines classic artworks through the voices and experiences of a new generation.
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00:28I'm a spoken word artist in London heritage born and raised in London and for about 15-ish years I've been using spoken word to break barriers and bridge communities I guess.
00:42I always imagined a space where we can do immersive artwork and I started that on my own in terms of my podcast it's audio immersive but the visual immersive was always the missing piece.
00:55Frameless reached out to me and they had this idea of connecting all these strands young people classic pieces contemporary pieces and poetry.
01:05A masquerade of kites.
01:08This basking cross devoid of light.
01:13What is it that you seek to protect us from?
01:17The internal warring of the hearts made manifest as a physical form.
01:24I think expressing yourself creatively is like opening a window in a crowded room.
01:32You feel me it is part of the cleansing process.
01:35It's a way of just confronting things that you might not even want to say out loud.
01:40All of us coming together and sharing our reflections that becomes like a map of society.
01:45You feel me and in this era of AI of online wars of populism.
01:50It's very important that we are making our voices heard our authentic voices.
01:56The screens of the world, I hear them, silent screens of the world, present for us, good or bad, live or dark, happy or sad.
02:09We all have that creative instinct, we will have an artistic impulse.
02:14Invite a young person to bring that to the table and I do think there needs to be more public support, more state support.
02:21We had that when we were young and it was crucial to my formative years.
02:26So it's very important to proactively meet our young people in their communities with a real intention to usher them into the industry.
