The Installation: Employing photographs, audio recordings and projected video, the installation for the 100 People project invites viewers to more personally discover and feel a part of a circle of world neighbors. 100 portraits will stand side-by-side to form a continuous circle that calls the audience to its center. Each of the 100 People will be represented separately on larger-than-life-size weatherproof canvas and will be double-sided printed, as if beckoning the patrons from within or without, to join the circle. As the viewer walks throughout the installation, a visual thread of faces weaves together a fabric of world peoples. You will feel as if you have become a part of the world community. Longitudinal, latitudinal lines and single-outlines of the continents will be drawn on the floor of the installation to orient the viewer to the geographical area of origin for each individual. A pair of headphones assigned to each portrait will channel individual voices speaking to us in their own language. At times, the filmmakers' voice interjects, reminding us that this project is built from an ongoing dialogue. All languages will be translated into Spanish, English, and Mandarin.

Arced video screens, oriented towards the north, south, east and west, will embrace and pull together all of the individual images underneath. The video program will show the rich diversity of local environments and offer greater perspective on the planet we share, as we journey around the world.

The 100 People installation will be presented as a national, then international tour. Presented in public spaces, ranging from malls, to schools, to outdoor public gardens to the Mall in Washington D.C., the installation gestures towards extending the dimensions of our global relationships. In doing so, our wish is for patrons of all ages and all backgrounds to discover a new set of common values, or a new way in which they fit into local and world communities.