The moment visitor step foot into this part of the exhibit, they are dramatically enveloped by the cylindrical room, composed of countless mirrors perfectly tilted 15 degree, reflecting and refracting an array of dazzling lights. It is not until the visitors glance down that they realize they are standing on a sea of translucent glimmering sand.

 

     Scattered throughout the expanse of sand are cards poking up from the shimmering sand, like postcards from the past.

 

     Each card, lit by LED lights embedded under the glass sand, features a historical event about Chinese American women that visitors can read. There are 22 cards with red belly-band on them symbolizing the first Supreme Court case involving Chinese American women, Chy Lung v. Freeman, 92 U.S. 275 (1875) where the Chinese women were considered lewd because they all wore colorful belly-bands.

 

     State of the art audio devices will relay a variety of female voices which echo and reverberate through the cylindrical capsule and the visitors’ minds.

 

​     Utilizing the power of mirrors, glass, sand and light, the maze promotes the self-reflection and ponderance of history.