ABSTRACT
In a mockingbird's song exists the perpetual composition and evolution of reflected calls, or sonic isomers. The mockingbird assembles these isomers into a unique tunean enantiomeric discourse-that both repels enemies and attracts mates, thereby marking its territory. The museum, not unlike the mockingbird's song, represents transformation and change. A museum collects artifacts and then assembles them into a story told through the eyes of the curator. An evolutionary dialogue, then, exists between art and culture-they are forever reflected back onto one another. Twenty-five feet the ground, the Highline site introduces another dynamic and energetic force to the project, and adds another layer to which the building must engage and react. Independent aspects of cultures can be assembled and reassembled in this space in order to define and re-evaluate one's understanding of other cultures; the space inside the museum must be receptive to these constantly-evolving interpretations of culture and history.
