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Tower of Babel Rises Again as Olympic Sized "Memory Tower" PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jim Capo   
Friday, 12 September 2008 13:17

The generally available videos of the "Memory Tower" center piece for the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics' don't match the viewing quality of the original (nearly live) broadcast around the planet, but I think you can catch the designers' apparent intention to pay tribute to the Tower of Babel...and man's motivating spirit behind it. 

 From China's People Daily:

 
In the meantime, to the roars from people packing the stands and thousands of athletes on the field, a huge "holy flame" was lit at the center of the field when 396 performers simulated the flame with their bodies on the five-story "memory tower".

The actors displayed all kinds of gestures in unprecedented all-directional space, turning the "memory tower" into a huge "holy flame", which conveyed to the whole world the ever-lasting Olympic spirit of man's pursuit of "Higher, Faster and Stronger".

Highlighting the whole closing ceremony, the show symbolized the holy flame would remain burning forever in people's hearts.

At the center of the stage, 16 yarn strips dotted with lucky clouds rose along the "memory tower" at the stage and extended towards the sky, forming a lucky cloud tree symbolizing friendship and joy.
 
 
 The battle between the Nimrods who see men as gods and those who know better continues...

 

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Our valuable member Jim Capo has been with us since Monday, 19 May 2008.

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