La Rambla, 96 bis,
Liceu

Erotica and its depiction throughout history is explored in this unique museum, comprising prints, sculpture and paintings from Ancient Greece right up to works from the modern day.

Lifting the receiver -- purely in the interests of socio-anthropological research you understand – connects you instantly to a groaning, panting voice, uttering the kind of talk you simply don’t ever expect included as part of a museum’s admission fee.

But yes, this is one of the museum’s exhibits, so it’s all right to carry on listening as part of your ongoing investigations. Once you’ve got the gist (which doesn’t take long), pick up one of the other languages and compare tones. Somehow it seems you’re instantly multilingual - you know what they’re all saying - just that it sounds, well…more…shall we say "authoritative"… in some tongues more than others.

contributor: Nigel Hayler