The Arc

Pledge moment

After exploring the content that is stored in the archive, visitors transition into a more solitary experience. Here, they are thinking of themselves as a single consciousness in the history of millions of people and the future of millions more. The visitor is prompted to place their hand on the touch screen, and as their hand as a pledge, they show their commitment to preservation of nature and human culture. As they place their hand on the screen, an image of their hand crosses the projection of the aurora borealis into the vast height of the room that shows the other hands of people who visited the center before. Only the vertical part of the wall that is in front of their station is being taken over by the aurora borealis projection. If multiple people pledge at the same time, the whole wall will be filled with the projection, creating a sensational collective moment for the visitors.