Mall of America Pilgrimage
Sophie Durbin

The largest mall in the western hemisphere, the Mall of America is a true pilgrimage site for many of its millions of annual visitors. While other malls across the United States are rapidly emptying, somehow this remains the Mall of America reigns eternal. This reliquary box features rocks and trash collected from the mall’s carefully landscaped parking lot area, offering the viewer a reconstructed version of its incidental detritus.