The artist has taken and old fashioned phone booth and repurposed it as a way for the users to get a bit of poetry.
It was fitted with the old style "dial" telephone. The way it's supposed to work is there is a menu of numbered poems that one might pick to listen to and when you dial the number, the poem is recited through the hand set.
I loved the idea, I just wish I had gotten an opportunity to listen to one of the poems.
Telepoem! It's a clever idea and I sure hope they got it working so people can enjoy it. I didn't realize when I drove out to Mesa that a whole festival of art was going on there. So there was plenty for me to see and enjoy while I waited around. I'll show you more tomorrow.
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It's official. I have now seen everything. (ಠ ʖ̯ ͡ಠ)
I agree with Andy, that's a first for me too Sharon :) What a shame it wasn't working but the idea is pretty fun and I'm so glad it wasn't a wasted trip for you, sounds like there was lots of other things to see and snap!
This is great! I wonder how I'd get my poems into the system? Some people are so creative!
Yes, poetry needs to be read aloud! What a disappointment that it wasn't ready!!
It is a clever idea, Sharon!
I am really amused by this kind of 'art'. Call it anything else and it would be an interesting idea...
Such a fun idea!
When we lived down in Phoenix for awhile in 2013, we found the Mesa Arts Center to be a going concern with great concerts and festivals and events. In the 1970's, who'da thunk it?
If I were back your way I'd patronize it. Wouldn't it be wonderful if there were poem booths all over the place?
I once met a man writing poems to order on a tiny portable typewriter around the Embarcadero in San Francisco. I bought one. https://flic.kr/p/7SAmVx
I hope they get it working, too. What a great idea! A way to bring poetry to the masses!
That is an artist who probably had a good cry that evening.
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