Liquid Assets

2026

Game with drinks pop-up at trasmediale 2026

They say you can’t eat money, but what if… we tried? Through an enzymatic digestion process, Sarah Friend, Gosia Lehmann and Arkadiy Kukarin have broken down US paper banknotes into sugar syrup, carefully tested and fit for human consumption. On the menu, there is a selection of cocktails. Each dictates your fate and how you navigate this game of sticky liquidity and unreasonable consumption. As usual, nothing is free – in order to seal this sweet deal, you need to sign one-sided contracts and make future bets… and of course, there is no guarantee that the value of the syrup won’t flip.

In collaboration with Sarah Friend and Arkadiy Kukarin
Pictures Valerian Blos, Gosia Lehmann
'Liquid Assets', 2026, transmediale, Berlin
'Liquid Assets', 2026, transmediale, Berlin
'Liquid Assets', 2026, transmediale, Berlin
'Liquid Assets', 2026, transmediale, Berlin
'Liquid Assets', 2026, transmediale, Berlin
'Liquid Assets', 2026, transmediale, Berlin
'Liquid Assets', 2026, transmediale, Berlin
'Liquid Assets', 2026, transmediale, Berlin
'Liquid Assets', 2026, transmediale, Berlin
'Liquid Assets', 2026, transmediale, Berlin
'Liquid Assets', 2026, transmediale, Berlin