It’s the largest sculpture that artist Refik Anadol has ever created – and if you flew in or out of Charlotte back in the spring (or even if you just parked and picked someone up), you’re in it right now.

The new digital artwork at Charlotte Douglas International Airport is 2,147 square feet of animated art you won’t be able to miss as you travel through Concourse A.

Here are answers to a few questions you might have (including “Wait, how am I in it?”), so that as you stare, you can understand a little more of what’s happening. Just don’t miss your flight.

“Interconnected” includes a data sculpture, two data paintings and exterior fins that change colors in response to the artwork.

The sculpture is one long horizontal panel – 1,152 square feet – of LED screens, placed beside a moving walkway. It “plays” on a 40-minute loop, showing three different visuals (Anadol calls them “chapters”). The lights and shadows in each are produced by data, making the sculpture appear three-dimensional.

The chapters are named “Fluid Structures,” “Impossible Materials” and “Data Poems.”

The best reaction Anadol has ever heard about his work? “It feels like it’s real.”

Seeing the sculpture may seem like the best part, but what makes it change? Your activity in the airport.

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