Created by artist Richard Kamler, the exhibit recreates the sensation of a death row visiting room. An amplified human heart beats in the background until it randomly stops.
Signs spell out rules of behavior for visitors and inmates.
Video screens broadcast testimonies from death row inmates, their families, and the families of murder victims. The exhibit, which won the 1996 Adeline Kent Award from the San Francisco Art Institute, serves as a gathering place for conversation about crime, punishment and democracy. All museum events are free and open to the public. The University of Memphis. Site maintained by Web Services .