Everybody is an artist – now,
everybody is an artist – now,
everybody is an artist – now,
everybody is an artist – now,
everybody is an artist – now,
everybody is an artist now –

 

 

 

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The lines of text written above are spoken aloud, with the word „now“ pronounced in an emphasized, prolonged and dilated manner. The repeating text is pronounced rhythmically, as if sampled by a machine (as a variation, the words can be whispered softly, formed only by the lips, or even spoken only in the mind)

In a next step, imagine a number of people speaking this textual instruction simultananously with individual, different voices of every race and gender, old and young (these people could perform this spoken word piece anywhere in the world)

Now try to imagine the sound of voices if hundreds of thousands of people were „chanting“ the words of the lines of text at the same time all over the world, making it sound like a mantra (since each person would pronounce the words slightly differently, at a different speed, the lines of text would most likely become diffuse)

All these different voices could even be digitally recorded and then added to a multi-layered track line, that could be heard around the world on the Internet – try to imagine what this recorded track might sound like. Observe your reaction and the thoughts that might come up as you do so

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„Everybody is an artist now“, 2021, Reto Jeltsch, spoken word piece/imagination

 

Note: This work refers to the following text quote from Joseph Beuys: ‘Every human being is an artist, a freedom being, called to participate in transforming and reshaping the conditions, thinking and structures that shape and inform our lives’

Further background information / artwork history

 

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