I felt from the moment that I entered the installation an intense desire to escape from the group and let my hands blindly and silently lead me through. There were flashes of a natural and intuitive path through the space despite the "follow the leader" behaviour pattern and the sensory disruption of the guard, so even though the piece is not striclty linear, the sense of exploration is constrained by the artist's intended environmental narrative. Doors that do not open, panels that are sealed tightly shut, stairs that lead nowhere and hallways that dead-end abruptly in cement are naturally frustrating to a "user-interface" designer trying to understand the map of the exhibit but at the same time, are instructive to the way that we should read the experience; not all pathways yield an epiphany or maybe even a message at all. Then the experience is liberating for both the author and the audience.
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