Airports are not usually places where one chooses to spend much time. Nevertheless, anyone who travels much ends up spending hours in these vast echoing buildings that, though they are all designed for the same purposes, manage to express distinct characters. Much of that distinctness comes from the public art that occupies some of the floor space. Above, for this week's "Somewhere Saturday", is an example from
Toronto's Pearson International Airport. It's an interesting piece in that it affects the ambient sound as one walks through the spaces it creates. Compare this with
Vancouver and
Beijing International Airports' art.
