{"id":196842,"date":"2026-04-14T14:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/196842\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:22:14","slug":"swing-through-this-magical-new-installation-at-lincoln-center-in-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/196842\/","title":{"rendered":"Swing Through This Magical New Installation at Lincoln Center in NY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bright red, swing-filled installation has taken over the plaza at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/theater\/lincoln-center-for-the-performing-arts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lincoln Center<\/a>\u00a0and you\u2019re absolutely allowed (encouraged, even) to climb in and give it a go.<\/p>\n<p>Called &#8220;Mi Casa, Your Casa 2.0,&#8221; the interactive piece is now open to the public as part of Lincoln Center\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/news\/the-citys-most-inclusive-arts-festival-returns-this-springwith-lots-of-free-events-020326\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Big Umbrella Festival<\/a>, which runs through April 26. Designed by Mexico-based studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creos.io\/en\/createur\/esrawe-cadena\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Esrawe + Cadena<\/a>, the installation draws inspiration from the bustling mercados of Latin America.<\/p>\n<p>The concept is simple but, in execution, surprisingly charming. Scattered across the plaza are a series of open, house-shaped frames painted a punchy red, each one just big enough to step inside. Inside, a swing\u2014and not a metaphorical one. There are eight of these mini houses in total, each roughly 8 feet wide and nearly 10 feet tall, arranged to create a kind of open-air neighborhood you can move through at your own pace.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors are invited to wander from \u201ccasa\u201d to \u201ccasa,\u201d taking a seat and swaying as the installation reacts around them. When a structure is empty, it glows softly white, like a quiet invitation. Step inside and the light brightens, signaling (at least in this tiny world) that someone\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>The installation is free, no tickets required and designed for all ages, making it one of the easiest drop-in activities on the Lincoln Center campus right now. You\u2019ll find it on Josie Robertson Plaza for most of its run, with a brief mid-festival move to Hearst Plaza from April 15\u201321.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the swings and glowing frames, Mi Casa, Your Casa 2.0 is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/things-to-do\/big-umbrella-festival-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Big Umbrella Festival<\/a>, a multi-week series built around inclusive, sensory-friendly programming for neurodiverse audiences. Everything, from performances to installations like this one, is designed to be welcoming and flexible in how people can experience it.<\/p>\n<p>Or, you can just treat it as an unusually scenic place to sit and swing for a few minutes in midtown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bright red, swing-filled installation has taken over the plaza at\u00a0Lincoln Center\u00a0and you\u2019re absolutely allowed (encouraged, even) to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1149,8944,9,24,55,54,8945,56],"class_list":{"0":"post-196842","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-art","9":"tag-categories-art","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-city-news","14":"tag-news-art","15":"tag-ny"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}