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A tower of 800 whispering radios: Cildo Meireles' Babel at the Tate Modern, London – urban75: art, photos, walks
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London, UK. 24th Nov, 2020. Cildo Meireles' towering sculptural installation, Babel 2001, undergoing a specialist clean by the conservation department, while the Tate Modern galleries are closed. A Tate conservator begins the
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Cildo Meireles' Babel (2001) collects together radios of generations old and new; each unique, each… | by Jean-Luc | Medium
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800 Radios Tower Over You in Overwhelming Installation Artwork | by Oli Gudgeon | Contemporary Sound Art | Medium
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London, UK. 24 November 2020. A Tate conservator performs a specialist cleaning of the 8m tall towering sculptural installation called Babel 2001 by Cildo Meireles. The artwork consists of hundreds of radios
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