You Are Here Fest: A Holiday Weekend Spent Inside a Giant Maze in the Middle of Industrial Queens
You can’t really know how a giant see-through maze might change things until you find yourself there, inside of one. An average concert falls into a soft tidal pull. You inch toward the stage until you meet resistance, fill pockets of sudden absence as someone in front of you exits. You suck in to let drink-holders go sloshing past, or take a down moment to wade back to the bar or the bathroom yourself. Venturing inside a big ol’ labyrinth to watch music, peering at it through wire and wood, knowing where I wanted to go but confused as to how to actually get there, the usual dependence on lazy action became clear. Even passive enjoyment would require much more deliberation.