WHAT IF? A Speculative Mixer on the Hudson    

Floor 3, Theater

There will be 5 rounds of WHAT IF? from 6–8:30. Cycles are 30 minutes each, but participants can drop by at any time. 

Drop by WHAT IF? A Speculative Mixer on the Hudson organized by artists Marina Zurkow and Sarah Rothberg (More&More). This participatory event invites visitors to collaboratively imagine alternative visions of the museum, its riverside site, and the Hudson itself. Participants will receive a WHAT IF? card with a scenario—absurd or provocative, possible or not—that invites them to consider the question: if this is true, what else might be true? Join with others to dream up and share worlds.  

Take inspiration from food created by Jen Monroe, transportive sounds by Andrew Steinmetz, scents by Una Zhang, and other playful activations. 

More&More Unlimited is an arts collective led by Sarah Rothberg & Marina Zurkow, which has been running workshops based on their collaborative world-making framework since 2016. 

Marina Zurkow is a media artist focused on near-impossible nature and culture intersections, and fostering intimate connections between humans, other species, and planetary agents. Her work spans gallery installations and public participatory projects. 

Sarah Rothberg creates playful, poetic, usually-a-bit-weird experiences that invite you to reconsider your relationship to the world around you. These take many forms ranging from interactive installation, to performance, video, writing, workshops, and experiments with technology. 

Jen Monroe is a chef, artist, and food designer whose project, Bad Taste, is committed to exploring new ways of thinking about food and consumption, approaching food as fantasy and as a transportive medium.   

Andrew Steinmetz is a musician, DJ, artist, and technologist. Recently he has performed and shared music and sounds at Sunview Luncheonette, Light and Sound Design, and other parties and gatherings around New York City. His first home was on Vandam Street on Manhattan's west side. 

Una Zhang is an artist, multidisciplinary designer, and researcher who uses technology to create sensory-rich encounters, especially through smell and taste. Often using food and history as lenses, her work explores how individual and collective lives are intrinsically varied yet deeply connected across space and time.