{"id":638725,"date":"2026-10-23T04:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T04:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/638725\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T04:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T04:36:11","slug":"shifting-center-transforms-personal-rituals-of-control-into-participatory-playground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/638725\/","title":{"rendered":"shifting center transforms personal rituals of control into participatory playground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interactive playground by WON JI LIM EXPLORES rituals of control<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Created by Chicago-based South Korean artist Won Ji Lim, Shifting Center (2026\u2013ongoing) is a participatory <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/sculpture\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sculptural<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/interactive-installation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">installation<\/a> that translates personal rituals of control, such as counting, checking, and aligning objects, into a physical, interactive environment. Measuring approximately 9 \u00d7 9 \u00d7 6 feet, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/modular-design\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">modular<\/a> structure is constructed from metal pipes and connectors, forming a framework reminiscent of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/playgrounds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">playground<\/a> jungle gym. The installation integrates suspended objects, woven membranes, transparent pockets, balancing mechanisms, and a series of rule-based activities that visitors can physically enter and navigate.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"metal pipe grid transforms personal rituals of control into participatory playground - 1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/won-ji-lim-turns-private-rituals-into-a-participatory-playground-in-shifting-center-1-6ad799700c0b6..jpeg\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\"\/>Shifting Center is a participatory sculptural environment in which movable structures, suspended materials, and personal rules form an evolving system of order and adjustment | all images \u00a9Won Ji Lim<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The artwork is a self-contained system, open to physical additions<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The project by <a href=\"https:\/\/oneglab.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">artist<\/a> Won Ji Lim pairs structural framework with unstable or organic materials. Hog casing is tightly woven across sections of the metal frame, undergoing physical shifts as it stretches and dries over time to demonstrate the limits of fixed structural order. A suspended plumb bob set within a hand-woven square visualizes the process of seeking physical balance, while transparent pockets hold archived written thoughts that are photographed and re-integrated into the system to document the installation\u2019s ongoing assembly. Additional interactive components include a converted baseball rebounder with a target graphic, numbered tags, and colored beads. Designed to be reconfigured over time, the modular installation functions as an evolving system where visitor movements continuously alter the spatial dynamics.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"metal pipe grid transforms personal rituals of control into participatory playground - 2\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/won-ji-lim-turns-private-rituals-into-a-participatory-playground-in-shifting-center-4-6ad799700c1c6..jpeg\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\"\/>visitors enter the framework and interact with its activities, introducing unpredictable decisions into a system initially organized by the artist<img alt=\"metal pipe grid transforms personal rituals of control into participatory playground - 3\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/won-ji-lim-turns-private-rituals-into-a-participatory-playground-in-shifting-center-8-6ad799700c2c0..jpeg\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\"\/>a participant moves within the installation, where personal rituals become shared activities, and the framework is experienced through bodily negotiation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Interactive playground by WON JI LIM EXPLORES rituals of control \u00a0 Created by Chicago-based South Korean artist Won&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,10490,17103,111,139,69,2194],"class_list":["post-638725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-interactive-installation","tag-modular-design","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sculpture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}