Hyundai Terrace Commission: Marina Zurkow

The Hyundai Terrace Commission by Marina Zurkow (b. 1962, New York, NY), titled The River is a Circle, features a new site-specific work that engages with the ecologies of the Hudson River and the neighborhood surrounding the Whitney. The software-driven animation presents a view of the Hudson River in a horizontal split between the world above and below the water. The dynamic composition of the animated elements is driven by algorithmic probability and reflects the current weather and season in New York City. The installation extends the underwater environment to the terrace with maritime wreckage and oyster reef balls, devices used to provide habitat for oysters.

Hyundai Terrace Commission: Marina Zurkow is organized by Christiane Paul, Curator of Digital Art, with David Lisbon, Curatorial Assistant. 

Hyundai Terrace Commission: Marina Zurkow: The River is a Circle is part of a multiyear partnership with Hyundai Motor in support of an annual site-specific installation on the Whitney Museum's fifth-floor outdoor gallery.