Call me at the tree and hear the sound of poetry at Porto Book Fair

Visitors to the Porto Book Fair in the gardens of Palácio de Cristal are pleasantly surprised by phones ringing under the linden trees. When answering the phone what they hear is poetry.

This initiative "Call me at tree" is the name of an audio installation that comes as a surprise for the Fair visitors.

The purpose of this ingenuity is to challenge visitors to answer the phone and hear back a poem inspired by Mother Earth, in order to bring the average citizen closer to poetry, in a light and pleasant way.

The soundscape is from Hugo Branco, and the literary voice-over is by Rosa Alice Branco. The author of the installation is Paulina Almeida.

This is an ongoing event till 17 September and it is free of charge.