{"product_id":"pcg-009-cyclical-time-in-dialogue-with-wangechi-mutu","title":"PCG-009  Cyclical Time IN DIALOGUE WITH WANGECHI MUTU","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relative basis-auto flex-col -mb-(--composer-overlap-px) [--composer-overlap-px:28px] grow flex\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-turn=\"assistant\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-62\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:aa24e1bd-6e27-4a9e-ade6-10fd40d36c69-321\" dir=\"auto\" class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-id=\"b528674a-385b-4bbf-83da-81b1abd45701\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"relative basis-auto flex-col -mb-(--composer-overlap-px) [--composer-overlap-px:28px] grow flex\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:aa24e1bd-6e27-4a9e-ade6-10fd40d36c69-438\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-230\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"6fe48e82-38a5-4e3c-a193-03715a5644dd\" dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"bccpex\" data-start=\"62\" data-end=\"75\"\u003eTHE OBJECT\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-section-id=\"bccpex\" data-start=\"62\" data-end=\"75\"\u003eThis ring is built around a rounded wooden form. It has the presence of a seed, a fruit, an eye, or a small planet resting on the hand. The polished surface reveals circular movement: rings, layers, traces of growth and time held inside the material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"329\" data-end=\"633\"\u003eThe painted motif strengthens this sense of rhythm. It does not function as decoration only; it activates the surface. The circular pattern on top turns the wooden sphere into a centre, almost like a sun, a flower, or an origin point. The image seems to expand outward and return inward at the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"635\" data-end=\"890\"\u003eThe contrast between the warm wooden ball, the pale repaired section and the darker ring band gives the object a sense of transition. It feels as if different states of matter and time have been brought together: growth, rupture, repair, touch and return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"weinav\" data-start=\"892\" data-end=\"906\"\u003eTHE VALUE\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"907\" data-end=\"924\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"907\" data-end=\"924\"\u003eCyclical Time\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"926\" data-end=\"980\"\u003eThis ring is connected to the value \u003cstrong data-start=\"962\" data-end=\"979\"\u003eCyclical Time\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"982\" data-end=\"1231\"\u003eCyclical Time is a way of understanding time through return, growth, repetition, decay and regeneration. It is not the time of speed, productivity or linear progress. It is the time of seeds, seasons, bodies, rituals, wounds, healing and recurrence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1233\" data-end=\"1505\"\u003eThe wooden sphere is essential to this value. Wood already carries time within itself. Its rings record growth. Its surface holds traces of age, touch and transformation. The round form suggests that time does not simply move forward; it circles, returns and begins again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1507\" data-end=\"1741\"\u003eFor the wearer, this value becomes tangible. The ring reminds us that not everything has to move faster. Some things need to ripen. Some meanings return. Some forms of healing happen through repetition, patience and renewed attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1snkfg9\" data-start=\"1743\" data-end=\"1776\"\u003eIN DIALOGUE WITH WANGECHI MUTU\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1778\" data-end=\"1930\"\u003eThis ring stands in dialogue with Wangechi Mutu, whose work repeatedly transforms bodies, landscapes, myths and materials into hybrid forms of becoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1932\" data-end=\"2201\"\u003eMutu’s practice is not linear. Her figures often seem to emerge from several worlds at once: human, animal, vegetal, ancestral, futuristic and wounded. She does not present identity as fixed. She shows it as something that mutates, absorbs, breaks open and grows again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2203\" data-end=\"2475\"\u003eThis is where the dialogue with the ring becomes clear. The wooden sphere carries the memory of growth. The painted circular motif suggests origin, flower, sun, eye or seed. The object does not speak through a straight line, but through a centre that radiates and returns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2477\" data-end=\"2760\"\u003eMutu’s work for the 2026 Venice Biennale, \u003cem data-start=\"2519\" data-end=\"2551\"\u003eThe End, Where All began, EdEN\u003c\/em\u003e, makes this connection even stronger. The title itself turns the end into a beginning. Eden is not treated as a lost paradise, but as a place where origin, responsibility, earth, body and future are reopened.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2762\" data-end=\"3033\"\u003eThe ring echoes that logic on an intimate scale. It becomes a small object of return: a form that holds growth, damage and renewal in one body. It is not an illustration of Mutu’s work, but a wearable translation of the value her work makes visible: time as regeneration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1e6tp8s\" data-start=\"3035\" data-end=\"3056\"\u003eWITHIN THE PROJECT\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3058\" data-end=\"3172\"\u003eWithin the wider project, this ring functions as an interface between artistic knowledge, value and everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3174\" data-end=\"3473\"\u003eThe aim is not to copy the visual language of Wangechi Mutu, but to translate what her work opens into a value that can be carried. In this case, that value is \u003cstrong data-start=\"3334\" data-end=\"3351\"\u003eCyclical Time\u003c\/strong\u003e: the understanding that endings can contain beginnings, and that what is damaged or displaced can return in another form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3475\" data-end=\"3754\"\u003eAs a wearable object, the ring brings this value out of the museum and onto the body. It can be seen in public space, shared through a QR code, and connected to a digital layer of knowledge. The ring becomes a small point of access to a larger artistic and cultural conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3756\" data-end=\"3804\"\u003eIt does not explain the artist. It opens a door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"rjurob\" data-start=\"3806\" data-end=\"3841\"\u003eRESONANCE WITH THE PRESENT WORLD\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3843\" data-end=\"3937\"\u003eThis ring resonates with a time in which linear ideas of progress feel increasingly exhausted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3939\" data-end=\"4198\"\u003eWe live in a world driven by acceleration: faster production, faster images, faster consumption, faster forgetting. Against that speed, this ring offers another rhythm. Its wooden form, circular image and organic presence suggest slowness, return and renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4200\" data-end=\"4478\"\u003eWangechi Mutu’s work is urgent because it also asks us to rethink origin and future. Her bodies and landscapes do not move cleanly from past to present to future. They fold time together. They show that what has been broken, displaced or transformed can reappear with new force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4480\" data-end=\"4666\"\u003eThe ring carries this same thought quietly. It does not present time as a straight path. It presents time as something held in matter, carried by the body, and renewed through attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4668\" data-end=\"4817\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4668\" data-end=\"4726\"\u003eCyclical Time, here, is not repetition without change.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"4726\" data-end=\"4729\"\u003eIt is return with memory.\u003cbr data-start=\"4754\" data-end=\"4757\"\u003eGrowth after rupture.\u003cbr data-start=\"4778\" data-end=\"4781\"\u003eA beginning hidden inside an ending\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4668\" data-end=\"4817\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1221\" data-start=\"1203\"\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"1224\" data-start=\"1221\"\u003eMaterial: c\u003cbr data-end=\"1285\" data-start=\"1282\"\u003eRing sizes: EU 16–19\u003cbr data-end=\"1308\" data-start=\"1305\"\u003eWeight: approx. 18–24 grams \u003cbr data-end=\"1358\" data-start=\"1355\"\u003eFinish: hand-crafted; slight variations occur\u003cbr data-end=\"1406\" data-start=\"1403\"\u003eEach ring is unique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4668\" data-end=\"4817\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1208\" data-end=\"1225\"\u003eUse and Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Avoid prolonged contact with water, perfume and chemical products. Store separately to prevent scratches. Clean gently with a soft, dry cloth. Surface wear may develop over time; this enhances the character of the work. This ring is a sculptural object and should be handled with care.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4668\" data-end=\"4817\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1513\" data-end=\"1526\"\u003eShipping:\u003c\/strong\u003e Carefully packaged in a protective box. Includes certificate of uniqueness. Insured shipping. Delivery time 3–7 business days if in stock. International shipping available. 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