Society's Cage

This temporary art installation is an architectural comment on systemic racism. It was conceived and designed by a team of black architects (whose firm also designed the wonderful African American Museum).  They say it was created to call attention to “the historic forces of racialized state violence” in the United States,  in the aftermath of the George Floyd and Breonna Taylor murders “as our society reckons with institutional racism and white supremacy.”
The architects say the pavilion is meant to educate visitors and function as a sanctuary to reflect, record, and share personal thoughts, while also evoking prisons where Black Americans were incarcerated. They say it was “conceived in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement as a mechanism for building empathy and healing.”  Very unusual piece, a bit unsettling, especially as you walk through the cage -- holding your breath as long as you can.
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