Allegory of Hades

The initial version consists of a basic structure affixed to a roof that may be interacted with. Anyone who visits the intillation can hand pull the cloth. When the string is pulled and the fabric moves, the fabric is conducted by walking to where the string falls. In this view, the individual represents Hades tugging Persephone, who is the skin.

The second edition includes the addition of a new mechanic element. The pulley movement influences the cloth when the mechanic part moves. Some pieces of the fabric are linked to the same corner, allowing the fabric to move along new axes and achieve more complicated form movement.

The third iteration looked at the notion of having an exhibition that allowed people to weave in and out of a moving structure that expands and retracts in particular spots to allow people to feel different emotions as they moved through it. As the model opens, individuals may enter, but as they wander around, the building shrinks in size, giving the impression of being crushed or imprisoned. This would allow the metaphor to be shown physically and allow for a range of emotions to be felt based on where they are within the institution.