CHERYL WASSENAAR
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      • 2001 - 2009
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      • Urban Institute of Contemporary Art
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    • Ode to W. Haldane
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Towers of Babble 

The free-standing communication towers, the Towers of Babble (also made of found commercial signage) read as both figurative and architectural. Overlapping rectangles create a competition of language, acronyms, serial numbers, and indecipherable messaging.
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Tower of Babble 24, 15 x 15 x 96” found commercial signage, 2008
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Tower of Babble 24, 15 x 15 x 96” found commercial signage, 2008
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Tower of Babble 1, 16 x 16 x 88” found commercial signage, 2006
© 2025 Cheryl Wassenaar
  • Objects
    • Sign Constructions >
      • 2010 - 2016
      • 2001 - 2009
    • Towers of Babble
    • Commissions >
      • Camden Real Estate
      • Urban Institute of Contemporary Art
  • Projects + Installations
    • Collaborations >
      • The Thicket + The Clearing
      • The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs
      • Cleavemark Drive
      • Air to Air
    • Text Interventions >
      • Re/Collect
      • READ (Subterranean)
      • The Other Side
    • Wayfinding Series
    • Ode to W. Haldane
  • About