poet tree - árvore da poesia
the poet tree is an interactive artwork and an innovative public library dedicated to contemporary poets from Portuguese-speaking countries around the world. It was commissioned by the municipality of Oeiras in Portugal
trees as public libraries
this public sound art installation invites visitors and passersby to revel in the contemporary poetry of writers, from countries as diverse as brazil, angola, mozambique, portugal, guinea-bissau, cape verde, são tomé and príncipe, macau and east timor, generation on generation, in conversation with one another.
poetry
following the multiple vibrations of voices from across the world and capturing their unique registers in an astounding range of forms, the poet tree crosses national borders and boundaries to share the extraordinary portuguese language poetry that is being written today, with both online audiences and the visiting public.
reading together
when visitors to the installation scan a qr code with their smartphones, they are taken to a web application that allows them to discover each poet and read or listen to one of their poems.
the tree series
is part of gama’s current focus on developing content driven public art installations with unique mobile interactive applications.
silent companions
trees are some of the world’s oldest living organisms. Since the dawn of our species, they have been our silent companions, permeating our most enduring tales and never ceasing to inspire poets and writers.
a tribute to trees
living trees and ecology have inspired and guided both the concept and the design process, offering unique solutions for its construction.
design
designed in cad and using digital manufacturing technologies such a cnc tube bending and machining the poet tree was built with a stainless steel tube structure bound together by aluminum structural components.
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the tree series has a web application which can be configured to any type of content.
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