The Joy That We Have Experienced (A Game of Time)

A monumental pair of hands descends like an unseen authority, turning a simple length of cord into both playground and leash, so that the children below appear suspended between innocence and orchestration. The stark monochrome palette and spacious, weathered ground amplify a quiet unease: joy is present, yet it is framed by control, as if childhood itself is being “set in motion” from above. The looping line becomes the work’s central metaphor—an unbroken circuit of influence—binding the airy realm of play to the heavy gravity of social conditioning. In this tension between tenderness and manipulation, the piece asks whether freedom is ever wholly our own, or merely a practiced performance held taut by invisible hands.