CAPTION
As one of Giorno's most well-known projects, Dial-A-Poem has inhabited a wide range of forms. In 2012, Giorno worked with his long-time audio engineer Bob Bielecki to create a set of interactive sculptures using rotary telephones that didn't need to be connected to a live phone line but that contained recordings of poems that are delivered, at random, to anyone who picks up. In 2019, he made a second edition of push-button phone sculptures.

Dial-A-Poem (2012 edition),1968-2012. Telephone, soundfile player with 200 digitally recorded poems from 80 poets. Edition of 12.

Dial-A-Poem (push-button edition), 1968-2019. Telephone, computer with 293 digitally recorded poems from 135 poets and artists. Edition of 20.

Dial-A-Poem (Museum Edition) 1968-2019. Set of 4 telephones containing with 293 digitally recorded poems from 135 poets and artists. Edition of 3. Installation view, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2023.