Shared Imaginings: Sound Bath
Saturday, May 17
1:00 – 2:00 PM
For All Ages
FREE! Optional RSVP*
*If you are planning to attend with a group of 10 or more people, you must notify us via email to info@bronxmuseum.org at least 48 hours in advance of the event to ensure we are adequately prepared to accommodate you.
Image: Ari Melenciano, Cosmeage film still, 2025, Courtesy of the artist.
About The Sound Bath
For this sound bath at The Bronx Museum, artist Ari Melenciano will work with the electromagnetic energy of living plants to create a soundscape with her modular synthesizer.
As part of the experience, the artist will speak about her process and sonic inspirations with Working Knowledge curator Vera Petukhova. Melanciano’s video installation, Cosmeage, is currently on view in the exhibition.
The Museum will provide some floor coverings for people who wish to sit or lie down on the ground during the sound bath. There will also be chairs for people to sit in if they prefer. Complimentary refreshments will be provided as well.
Please plan to arrive 15 minutes early to settle in before the program begins. You are welcome to drop by, but if you plan to attend, please consider letting us know with an optional RSVP.
About Ari Melenciano
Ari Melenciano is an artist, designer, and systems thinker whose work engages emerging technologies, public inquiry, and ritual. Through her practice, she explores how computation, designed perception, and new grammars of form can be used to nurture systems for sensing, remembrance, and reimagination.
About Shared Imaginings
Shared Imaginings at the Museum is a multi-part event centered around the interactive exhibition Working Knowledge: Shared Imaginings, New Futures, and exploring the practice of Social Sculpture, art that seeks to actively engage people in improving the world.
You are welcome to attend all of the activities or drop in for one particular part of the event. We recommend staying for as much of the afternoon as possible to get the most out of this program.
Shared Imaginings Schedule
SATURDAY, MAY 17
1:00 – 5:00 PM
1:00 – 4:00 PM
Local Plants Resource-Sharing
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1:00 – 2:00 PM
Sound Bath
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2:00 – 3:00 PM
Social Sculpture Discussion
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3:00 – 4:00 PM
Exhibition Tour
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4:00 – 5:00 PM
Catalogue Launch Party
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About Working Knowledge
ON VIEW: April 11 – July 6, 2025
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: Zainab Aliyu + American Artist and the School For Poetic Computation; Black Quantum Futurism; Stephanie Dinkins; Melanie Hoff; Mary Mattingly; Ari Melenciano; Azikiwe Mohammed; Kite & Alisha B Wormsley; Lynne Yun
A Visions2030 Project in collaboration with The Bronx Museum. Curated by Vera Petukhova.
Inspired by Social Sculpture’s key concept that sees creativity as a force for social change, the Working Knowledge: Shared Imaginings, New Futures exhibition invites you to engage, explore, and contribute your knowledge and experiences through interactive elements.
Artist projects include an AI chatbot, an evolving collaborative dictionary, a dance-based game platform to write poetry, generative software for sharing dreams, and a plant system to explore foraging in The Bronx.