Raw Concrete and Floating Threads

In the next room, Benji views another remarkable work of contemporary art. Contemporary artists often use massive textiles to define and divide space. Thousands of slender steel-blue and white threads hang from the ceiling, forming a vast, floating, abstract shape—reminiscent of an icy crevasse or a flowing river. As Benji walks among the threads, touching them, his mind instantly flashes back to an Icelandic glacier hike where he had grabbed Jenni just as she was about to slide into a crevasse after the ice gave way beneath her feet...