RaiNews 24 Features Poem Booth in Turin Book Fair Coverage

Italian television network RaiNews 24 visited the Netherlands to cover the country's participation as Guest of Honor at the 2025 Turin Book Fair, featuring the Poem Booth as a centerpiece of the Dutch cultural delegation. The report, which aired as part of their coverage of 'La Scoperta dell'Olanda' (The Discovery of the Netherlands), showcased the Poem Booth alongside interviews with poet Babs Gons and Stefano Musilli, Cultural Affairs Officer for the Netherlands Consulate General in Milan. The segment highlighted how the Poem Booth represents a fusion of Dutch innovation and literary tradition, described as 'poetry as political act.' The installation, featuring work by Dutch poet Ellen Deckwitz, demonstrated how AI can democratize poetry by transforming photographs into personalized verses. At the Turin Book Fair (May 15-19, 2025), the Poem Booth generated over 8.000 poems in Italian. The fair, Italy's largest book event with over 231.000 visitors, provided the perfect stage to showcase Slowtech.

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