The Peace Camp, a celebration of love poetry and landscape that is part of the London 2012 festival, is coming to fruition from 19-22 July. Inspired by the Olympic Truce, whose roots date back to ancient Greece, director Deborah Warner has been commissioned to create a coastal installation encircling the UK in collaboration with actor Fiona Shaw. Eight encampments have appeared simultaneously at coastal locations, from County Antrim to the tip of Cornwall, from the Isle of Lewis to the Sussex cliffs. Designed to be visited between dusk and dawn, Peace Camp is described as “a poignant exploration of love poetry and a celebration of the extraordinary variety and beauty of our coastline”. Alongside the live installations, the project will also paint an audible portrait of the nation with the creation of a virtual Peace Camp online. People are invited to nominate and record their favourite love poems and submit their own messages, creating an online anthology.

Photograph: Judith Palmer/Poetry Society