When artist Jeanne van Heeswijk first told me that she was intrigued by the ubiquitous bagel carts of New York City, I was not surprised. The person who could make a piece like 'Room with a View' that features a living space for cultural production capable of being taken apart and reassembled on
demand in new locations is obviously in the market for a practical answer to the problem of mobile art. And anyone who visits New York can not help but admire our happy solution to the ongoing difficulties of providing several million citizens with their coffee and bagels in a timely (average waiting time less than 100 seconds) and inexpensive ($1.00 for coffee and bagel in bag with napkin) manner.