What sorrow and horror of this world- and to still find hope, I don’t know how humans do it. It seems as though for outside of our biological drive to survive, we would have all murdered ourselves for ideas out of ego.
I was overwhelmed by this space- I am still overwhelmed by this space. From a design standpoint- it was exceptional for it use of light (or lack there of), consolidation of intensive material into condensed spaces, and sound- a constant white noise of disturbing dialogue and rhetoric. I felt as though I too was being squeezed into a line with others to go somewhere I didn’t know where, but it wasn’t a good feeling. The navigation winding and convoluted- the confusion and concern only increased.
I didn’t read anything in this place, I didn’t stop of any videos or images- I couldn’t stand the intensity of feeling alone. But there were two spaces with no text or video or images and I will never forget them. The first is the above installation- the dark black hole with the light far far above. And not far from that entering into the white floating box and the hanging fractal sculpture shrouded in light (see below)
These two points of light meant something. In the yin and yang of the world- do we choose to see the darkness or just the absence of light knowing that light is always there no matter what?
I learned that the hanging sculpture is a memorial to the children who died in genocide.
Outside of visiting the likes of the Anne Frank House or Auschwitz-Birkenau, I don’t know of any place that has captured the power of humanity. I am exceptionally grateful for those with the courage and strength to share this story with the world- I am forever changed by this place.
Address: Av. Juarez 8, Colonia Centro, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06010 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico
Website: ArchDaily write-up
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