Anyone familiar with the Detroit airport?

[RyRob813]

I've had two different layovers here in the past week, and several more in the past few years.

Every time I'm here I walk through this section of the airport between the larger plane gates and the smaller ones. It's a long tunnel with walkways, and the walls are all a giant screen. They have crazy colors changing on them all the time, and they play really exotic sounding electronic music simultaneously.

I feel like I'm on an acid trip every time I walk through there, and I can't seem to find the significance of it, rather than just looking cool, (which it does.) Anyone know what's up with that?

[Jazz Ad]

It is Laurel Fyfe's work. She did others in various public places, notably the Most Blessed Cathedral in Detroit.
It's supposed to generate feelings and reactions but doesn't have a significance as far as I know.

[iamlowsound]

I always assumed that the music was there because you are walking underneath a runway. I travel through there a few times a year.

lowsound

[CapnSev]

Originally Posted by RyRob813

I've had two different layovers here in the past week, and several more in the past few years.

Yeah, I heard they're 0 for 16 this season for on time flights too.

[Fontaine]

Originally Posted by CapnSev

Yeah, I heard they're 0 for 16 this season for on time flights too.

ouch....just

ouch

[Gumby4]

Originally Posted by RyRob813

Anyone know what's up with that?

It was a way to blow taxpayer money along with the "Water Exhibit". Two major wastes of cash that could have gone to actually make things work in the new terminal.

[Jazz Ad]

Because as we all know, being on a musician forum and all, art is an useless waste of money ?

[ehque]

Originally Posted by Jazz Ad

Because as we all know, being on a musician forum and all, art is an useless waste of money ?

I loled.

[RyRob813]

Haha, this is pretty entertaining.

Yeah, I heard they're 0 for 16 this season for on time flights too.

I actually had a pretty smooth experience on all my flights this past trip. Flying home only a day before Thanksgiving, I was expecting mass traffic and confusion in the airport, but it all went right on schedule. Needless to say, I was shocked.

Because as we all know, being on a musician forum and all, art is an useless waste of money ?

I'd have to say that it was worth building, but probably somewhere else. It probably doesn't get it's full appreciation in an airport anyway.