\section{Fluidity/control}
The concept of ``continual fluidity''\cite{wood_air} is ingrained within the functional and structural fabric of contemporary airports. Fluidity means incessant, ordered and controlled motion, aimed at efficiency and speed. To support this functional requirement, airports have become ``machines for processing people, airplanes, automobiles, cargo and luggage''\cite{newyorker}. In this paradigm, the best and most functional airports are those in which planes, passengers and luggage spend as little time as possible in them: the less time spent on the ground, the more functional the airport. How is continual fluidity attained in an airport? Certainly not by the \textit{mouvements brusques} --- `the inherently human gestures of everyday life'\cite{Berman} --- depicted by Baudelaire. These chaotic orchestration of the combined gestures and gazes taking places in the streets of Paris elicit poetry, but do not ensure maximization of continual fluidity. Rather, fluidity in contemporary airports is attained by dynamics of mechanization, security and meticulous control.