Tour de Babel

Tour de Babel is an installation for the Centre Franco-Omanais (CFO) in Muscat, Oman on the occasion of the month of francophonie and the celebration of international peotry in March 2014. The tower consist of 700 boxes of 150x200x300 mm made specifically for the event. All 700 language students of the CFO took one box home and wrote a poem on it. The boxes were then assembled to for the Tour de Babel - literally built with poems written in more than 30 languages.

The tower formed the backdrop for a week long recitation of poetry and literature. Special thanks to Guilhem Constans, director du Centre Franco Omanais and Amandine Diogo assistante.

Tour de Babel - constuction step 2
Tour de Babel - constuction step 3
The tower finally collapsed under heavy rain and wind
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