Offbeat Traveler: 'Tower of Babel of Books' in Buenos Aires
Art is universal, but books are specific to their language. Still, what about art made of books? Take a look at the "Tower of Babel of Books," an art installation made of more than 30,000 books from around the world, and decide the universality of its meaning.
The structure rose in May to celebrate Buenos Aires' reign as 2011 World Book Capital, a title conferred by the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to promote literacy. The tower is the work of Argentine artist Marta MinujÃn. It made its debut May 12 in Plaza San MartÃn and will stand until May 27.
-- Jason La
The structure rose in May to celebrate Buenos Aires' reign as 2011 World Book Capital, a title conferred by the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to promote literacy. The tower is the work of Argentine artist Marta MinujÃn. It made its debut May 12 in Plaza San MartÃn and will stand until May 27.
-- Jason La
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"Tower of Babel of Books"
The installation was constructed with books donated by more than 50 countries. In biblical literature, the Babylonians were constructing a grand city to raise their profile, and it included a tower that would reach the heavens, the Tower of Babel. Seeing this, God dispersed them and gave them different languages so they couldn't communicate with one another. The city and tower were never finished.
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There is a Web site here in BA for scheduling time to climb the Tower. We are set for 1:00pm tomorrow.
We will post an entry with pictures at: thenextroad.com
Looking forward to the experience.
Also, later that day we will attend a concert at Teatro Colon.
There is much to see and do here in Buenos Aires. After over three months of exploring there is much more to do.
Monday was ARTEBA... http://www.arteba.org/
You can read more here: www.thenextroad.com
Mark