Designer Ini Archibong has altered the design of his Theoracle installation at the Dallas Art Museum and crossed out its title in response to issues of racial injustice and the coronavirus pandemic.
The installation, made from light, sound, crystal, glass and water, originally referenced a kind of ancestral call and response but it has now been silenced. Archibong has also changed the name from Theoracle to Theoracle.

Theoracle was originally created to be interactive. Video edited by Eric Coleman
"Our earthly queries could be posed to Theoracle through our interaction with the sculptures, and the response would come through the changing sounds and lights in the space," Archibong told Dezeen of the original Theoracle.
"The most potent responses would come via the cymatic pool whose vibrations and sound would come from a sub frequency to create standing patterns on the water?s surface." The installation was commissioned by the Dallas Art Museum (DMA) and visitors originally could touch and manipulate it.
Now, the artist has created a muted version of the piece that can no longer be approached as it is wrapped in yellow caution tape.
"We find the same spiritual space but now with lights dimmed, the previously accessible sculptures bound in caution tape, preventing visitors from touching, the main 'altar' area cordoned off like a crime scene, the cymatic pool vibrating of its own accord, and the previously hidden synthesizer now exposed as the mech...