Fun Friday!


Some winners -
A Lovely, Indecent Departure - Julie
The Palaver Tree - Na
The Secret of the Stones -  Natasha, LunaRaven, & Alabell


This was created by Canadian artist, Tom Bendtsen.  It is made of 10,000 books and is 10 feet tall! - http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2009/12/towering-books.html





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 Airesā€™ 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.
Read more at -  http://www.odditycentral.com/news/modern-tower-of-babel-made-of-books-appears-in-buenos-aires.html#8Dmdd7PDsBDK7oPF.99

 

Comments

  1. SO cool. I want to see something like this in person.

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  2. Same here! Especially that incredible Tower of Babel ... what an amazing project! O-O

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  3. Oh wow! These are amazing art pieces! I'm not sure I'll be able to do that to my books though.

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