![Tate on Twitter: "'Cildo Meireles's 'Babel' is an ingenious interpretation - he turned a myth from the Bible into modern art. My favourite thing about volunteering is the therapeutic effect of being Tate on Twitter: "'Cildo Meireles's 'Babel' is an ingenious interpretation - he turned a myth from the Bible into modern art. My favourite thing about volunteering is the therapeutic effect of being](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8dysPiWsAIl87c.jpg)
Tate on Twitter: "'Cildo Meireles's 'Babel' is an ingenious interpretation - he turned a myth from the Bible into modern art. My favourite thing about volunteering is the therapeutic effect of being
![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 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](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2DD4BDN/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-painstaking-process-of-cleaning-each-of-the-hundreds-of-individual-radios-that-make-up-the-sculpture-using-a-genie-to-reach-the-top-of-the-8-metre-tower-the-radios-are-tuned-to-a-multitude-of-stations-which-together-produce-a-cacophony-of-low-continuous-sound-credit-guy-bellalamy-live-news-2DD4BDN.jpg)
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
![Cildo Meireles Towering Sculptural Installation Babel Editorial Stock Photo - Stock Image | Shutterstock Cildo Meireles Towering Sculptural Installation Babel Editorial Stock Photo - Stock Image | Shutterstock](https://editorial01.shutterstock.com/wm-preview-1500/11033488u/82b4f4a2/Shutterstock_11033488u.jpg)
Cildo Meireles Towering Sculptural Installation Babel Editorial Stock Photo - Stock Image | Shutterstock
![A tower of 800 whispering radios: Cildo Meireles' Babel at the Tate Modern, London - urban75: art, photos, walks A tower of 800 whispering radios: Cildo Meireles' Babel at the Tate Modern, London - urban75: art, photos, walks](http://www.urban75.org/blog/images/tate-modern-cildo-meireles-babel-07.jpg)
A tower of 800 whispering radios: Cildo Meireles' Babel at the Tate Modern, London - urban75: art, photos, walks
Tate on Twitter: "We're cleaning some of our most-loved artworks while our doors are closed. Here's conservator Marco at work on Cildo Meireles' 'Babel', a tower of radios tuned to different stations.
![800 Radios Tower Over You in Overwhelming Installation Artwork | by Oli Gudgeon | Contemporary Sound Art | Medium 800 Radios Tower Over You in Overwhelming Installation Artwork | by Oli Gudgeon | Contemporary Sound Art | Medium](https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*dgCN60Jgy2LvQUrqEizwfg.jpeg)
800 Radios Tower Over You in Overwhelming Installation Artwork | by Oli Gudgeon | Contemporary Sound Art | Medium
![A tower of 800 whispering radios: Cildo Meireles' Babel at the Tate Modern, London - urban75: art, photos, walks A tower of 800 whispering radios: Cildo Meireles' Babel at the Tate Modern, London - urban75: art, photos, walks](http://www.urban75.org/blog/images/tate-modern-cildo-meireles-babel-06.jpg)
A tower of 800 whispering radios: Cildo Meireles' Babel at the Tate Modern, London - urban75: art, photos, walks
![A tower of 800 whispering radios: Cildo Meireles' Babel at the Tate Modern, London - urban75: art, photos, walks A tower of 800 whispering radios: Cildo Meireles' Babel at the Tate Modern, London - urban75: art, photos, walks](http://www.urban75.org/blog/images/tate-modern-cildo-meireles-babel-03.jpg)
A tower of 800 whispering radios: Cildo Meireles' Babel at the Tate Modern, London - urban75: art, photos, walks
![Babel por Cildo Meireles en la Tate Modern, tomada el 8 de septiembre de 2018 en Londres (Reino Unido), tomada en hdr Fotografía de stock - Alamy Babel por Cildo Meireles en la Tate Modern, tomada el 8 de septiembre de 2018 en Londres (Reino Unido), tomada en hdr Fotografía de stock - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/zoomses/6/26dc6a24967f48e6afa0e5bcd21a5a38/2jg92rc.jpg)
Babel por Cildo Meireles en la Tate Modern, tomada el 8 de septiembre de 2018 en Londres (Reino Unido), tomada en hdr Fotografía de stock - Alamy
![Graham Mack on Twitter: "I'm at the Tate Modern. I like this, it's called “Babel 2001” by Cildo Meireles from 1948. It's a tower of radios all playing at once. Information overload Graham Mack on Twitter: "I'm at the Tate Modern. I like this, it's called “Babel 2001” by Cildo Meireles from 1948. It's a tower of radios all playing at once. Information overload](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dshqc-sWwAEtNAt.jpg:large)