Project Type: Exhibit Design
Client: Sing Sing Prison Museum
Team: May Ghadanfar, Tina Columbus, & Savannah Sears
Roles: Research & Content, UX & UI
The Sing Sing Museum Preview Center aims to unveil the truth about mass incarceration in the United States and its impacts on our society.
The Ensemble preview center at Sing Sing Prison Museum will address the racial bias in our justice system along with the themes of dehumanization and racial oppression, and provide solutions through design thinking. The preview center will therefore allow for a personalized experience for each visitor in order to understand the current happenings of our justice system and educate public in hopes of sparking a dialogue.
Rendering by May Ghadanfar
Zone 1: People’s stories tells the stories of different activists, formerly incarcerated men, family members, and corrections officers through proximity sensor activated video portraits.
Rendering by May Ghadanfar, digital screens by Savannah Sears
Zone 2: “Through My Eyes” invites visitors to experience the ways in which many people incarcerated in Sing Sing may have lived their life before incarceration through gamification. The goal of the experience is to open the visitors eyes as to how many of these incarcerated people were profiled before incarceration.
Rendering by May Ghadanfar, digital screens by Savannah Sears
Zone 3: Interactive graphics auditorium is designed as a flexible space. The concept around the digital interactive infographics is for people to approach the iPads and get detailed information on prison statistics in the US and Sing Sing but also to share that information with an audience. We also designed this as a possible space for community activities and lectures. The side of the stepped bleachers contains peep holes playing footage from prominent films and documentaries on mass incarceration in the US like Netflix’s 13th.
The video above illustrates how the interactive wall would work.