GlastoPoem - The Interactive Glastonbury Poem on Twitter

GLASTONBURY, England - This year the BBC Poetry Season has delved into the world of poetry with eclectic programming and collaborative events.

Glastonbury 2009 will witness an innovative merging of technology and poetry. With the support of Nitro Digital & the Igloo Vision Projection Dome, Glastonbury will be treated to an interactive Twitter Poem.

GlastoPoem will take an RSS feed from the social networking site Twitter. Twitter users can participate in this communal micro-poem by assigning the hashtag #GlastoPoem to their messages.

These “Tweets” will be projected onto the inner circumference of the Igloo whilst a VJ merges the 3D visuals. Quadraphonic sound will also help enhance the experience.

This (almost) real time installation will be live on Thursday 25th June from 12-5pm & Saturday from 10-5pm.

A number of spoken word artists will be performing spoken word and poetry from the dome. During the live performances the VJ (Visual Jockey) will be integrating the best micro poems within the visuals. In the evening a number of secret DJ sets will take centre stage.

Bluetooth messages will be sent to recipients’ handsets whilst in the dome. The content will include videos created especially for this year’s Poetry Season.

Performance Times 12.00pm Berko aka John Berkavitch 1.30pm Itch from The King Blue 2.00pm Matt Abbott aka Skint & Demoralised 3.00pm Kate Tempest 4.00pm Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip

www.GlastoPoem.com www.twitter.com/GlastoPoem poetry@nitro-digital.co.uk +44(0)20-7484-8629

Source: BBC Poetry Season

James Norris, poetry at nitro-digital.co.uk, +44(0)20-7484-8629