John McDermott is designing set fences for a dance performance about sex trafficking. He will use softwood for the fences because it is cheap, easy to work with, and structurally sound. Chicken wire will replace barbed wire for safety reasons and because it has a metallic look. The fences are meant to look harsh and dangerous to portray feelings of imprisonment. Sample colors of grey, brown, and bronze will be used to make the softwood appear metallic like rusty metal fences. Initial sketches show gated fences with strip LED lighting underneath to add an unnatural feel of imprisonment for the performance.