SUSPENDED PLAYTIME

Suspended Playtime activates the museum through a playful constellation of makeshift balls. The DIY spheres recall the resourcefulness of children who fashion soccer balls from waste in Mutu’s native Kenya and beyond. Floating just above the ground, they introduce motion, informality, and improvisation into a heavily ornamented space. Each one sways slightly, rustling in response to the movement of air. The effect is both playful and unsettling. In a room dominated by illusionistic frescoes, these objects speak of another kind of imagination—not grand or heroic, but intimate and everyday. Mutu reminds us that invention often begins with scarcity. Fluctuating in a delicate balance between order and chaos, the choreography of the work interrupts the visual logic of the museum. They challenge the architectural symmetry of the space, replacing its polished illusion of mastery with the unpredictable rustle of adaptation. 

 

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