A place of business and travel, known for being a place of haste and hour-long waits, the airport has become the transportation hub of the city. It collects and distributes travelers, businessmen, and transients of all cultures and demographics. By placing an installation within the existing fabric of an airport, there is an opportunity to take advantage of the high volumes of
people and create discussion and awareness of the issues that occurred during and after slavery.
The installation itself is vague and brand-less with a polished surface that allows it to reflect its surroundings. This vagueness allows the individual to enter without any pre-conceived notions,
thus causing the person to have a deeper emotional response, almost surprising the individual of the true meaning of the experience. But this installation would only serve as one component. Across the city, other installations could be found on sidewalks of high traffic areas. The
exterior is made of the same polished metal as the airport installation, triggering a memory of the previous experience. Pedestrians could either interact with the installation, or avoid it, but the reflective material still causes a direct relationship between the person and the object. These installations would use compression and darkness to create feelings of confinement, followed by a release back into the light, causing a sense of relief and freedom. Data and images would provide information based on the current experience, allowing each city to
educate people based on local events, activists, or heroes, so that each city would provide a different experience for the individual.