Dial-A-Poem
E715360
conceptual art project
poetry distribution service
sound poetry project
telecommunications art project
Dial-A-Poem was an innovative telephone-based poetry project launched in the late 1960s that allowed callers to listen to recorded poems and performances by a wide range of contemporary writers and artists.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conceptual art project
ⓘ
poetry distribution service ⓘ sound poetry project ⓘ telecommunications art project ⓘ |
| accessPolicy | open to the general public ⓘ |
| aim |
to distribute contemporary poetry to a mass audience
ⓘ
to use telecommunications as an artistic medium ⓘ |
| audience |
art world
ⓘ
general public ⓘ poetry listeners ⓘ |
| contentType | recorded voice ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creativeDirector | John Giorno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | John Giorno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | telephone callers ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | telephone call ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
poetry
ⓘ
sound recording ⓘ telecommunications art ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental literature
ⓘ
performance art ⓘ poetry ⓘ sound art ⓘ spoken word ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
expanded audience for contemporary poetry
ⓘ
influenced later telematic and media art projects ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
audio hotlines for cultural content
ⓘ
later spoken word distribution projects ⓘ telephone-based art projects ⓘ |
| hasPart |
recorded performances
ⓘ
recorded poems ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
experimental
ⓘ
innovative ⓘ |
| inception | 1968 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | contemporary poetry readings ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium |
audio recording
ⓘ
telephone network ⓘ |
| notableFor |
free public access to poetry
ⓘ
innovative use of telephone technology for art ⓘ wide range of contemporary writers and artists ⓘ |
| operatingMode | on-demand listening by phone ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| participant |
contemporary artists
ⓘ
contemporary writers ⓘ |
| startTime | late 1960s ⓘ |
| temporalCoverage | late 1960s ⓘ |
| use | public access telephone numbers ⓘ |
| workExample | recorded poems available via telephone ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.