The huge installations in the clearing had been left to stand there in the eerie silence and desolation-an uncanny spectacle to any chance human observer.

It was impossible to guess the true size of the huge installation.

The interaction of the public with the huge installations in the downstairs space is a form of theater.

At that time, Lockheed, a defense contractor with a huge installation in Silicon Valley, was one of the few companies hiring.

A huge installation measuring 20x20x80 feet made up of glass capillary tubes.

The Hive, as Lenore kept calling it, was a huge installation built into a mound of forest earth.

Changchun, 150 miles south, was another huge installation for germ tests on plants, animals and people.

"Sometimes," Ms. Lynch said, "it feels like we're working on one huge, continual installation."

Several Druufs moved slowly and clumsily back and forth between huge technical installations.

For example, in Antwerp, very near to where I live, a huge installation is being built which was not there before.