SITUATION ROOM
The Situation Room is an immersive experience where visitors are faced with complex questions and difficult choices. Visitors take on the role of the Catastrophe Citizens’ Assembly, where they are asked for their input on a range of catastrophic emergency scenarios. Through game play, voting, and discussion, the Catastrophe Citizens’ Assembly must debate scientific, logistical, and ethical issues surrounding some the biggest risks and threats to human species survival and the continued existence of life on Earth.
What would you do in the case of an emergency? What if what’s best for you and your family isn’t best for the people of Ireland, or for the human species, or for another species? What if a tsunami hits? Or a pandemic wipes out continental Europe? Is unchecked artificial intelligence a bigger threat than a food systems breakdown? Through a mix of humor and serious debate, the Situation Room provides a space, context, and props for imagining the end of the world and how humanity can act in the best interest of ourselves, our fellow species, and the planet that supports it all.