Tower...Made Of Books!!!

reesh · Post by **reesh** » May 10, 2011 Views: 6200

Popular Argentine artist Marta Minujin has created a 25-meter-high spiraling Tower of Babel made from 30,000 books written in various languages.
This modern version of the Tower of Babel was designed in celebration of Buenos Airesâ€™ designation as World Book Capital 2011, by UNESCO, and local authorities say it represents the ideas of pluralism and diversity which also characterize the Argentine capital city. This isnâ€™t Minujinâ€™s first experience with book installations; in 1983, when democracy was restored in Argentina, she built a replica of the Parthenon from books banned by the former military dictatorship.
The tower consists of a spiraling metal frame and around 30,000 books written in most of the worldâ€™s languages and dialects. You can find all kinds of books, from dictionaries and encyclopedias to software manuals and classic novels, arranged on six levels. The bottom level features a collection of books from around the world, the first and second levels are for American books, the third and fourth are reserved for Europe, the fifth for Africa and the sixth for Asia. 16,000 of the books were donated by 52 embassies in Buenos Aires, while the rest were provided by Argentine readers.

Post by **dua** » May 10, 2011

Amazing,

Post by **Faridi** » May 10, 2011

amazing

reesh · Post by **reesh** » May 10, 2011

Thanks Guys

laiq.shahid · Post by **laiq.shahid** » May 10, 2011

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reesh · Post by **reesh** » May 11, 2011

Thanks Shahid

Tanveer Abbas · Post by **Tanveer Abbas** » May 11, 2011

nice shearing..

reesh · Post by **reesh** » May 11, 2011

Thanks Tanveer

Post by **Mudassir** » May 11, 2011

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Post by **admin** » May 12, 2011

fabulous and tremendous