Someday, there will a Great American Novel (or Screenplay) set in 2016, a year that will stand in the collective mythology of millennials in the same way that 1968 is remembered by baby boomers—in the sense that this is the year Americans are convinced our country is going to hell. Someone is probably already taking notes for it. But until then, there is the Truth Booth, a 15-foot-tall, 22-foot-wide inflatable speech balloon/video studio that has been touring the country to record people finishing the statement, “The truth is. . .”
“One woman was afraid to come into the booth,” says Sylvester. “To speak up and tell the truth is a vulnerable and scary thing. But she came back. I don’t know what she said, but I’m glad she found her voice. We give people a platform. An artistic platform is accepted more freely than publication or media or something that can easily be taken down off the Internet and censored. You can express your voice and agency.”
