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3.1_Tazeen-Qayyum_A-Holding-Pattern(detail)

Tazeen Qayyum, A Holding Pattern (detail), 2013. Tazeen Qayyum, A Holding Pattern (detail), 2013. Site-Specific, Mixed Media Installation at the Toronto Pearson International Airport, Terminal 1. Photo by Faisal Anwar.

A room with walls and floor covered in a patterned wallpaper of red cockroaches connected in a mandala-like grid. Three chairs are planted on the ground and connected like airport seating is. The chairs are also red with patterns hand-painted onto their cushions. The presence of these hand-made, laborious gestures on the chairs and the walls give a sense of movement and articulates the impermanence of transitory spaces.