{"id":5756,"date":"2026-10-05T15:37:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fragmentation.fr\/?p=5756"},"modified":"2026-10-05T15:38:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:38:23","slug":"ujoolimheeyoung-machine-with-hair-caught-in-it-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fragmentation.fr\/en\/ujoolimheeyoung-machine-with-hair-caught-in-it-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"UJOO+LIMHEEYOUNG \u2014 Machine with Hair Caught in It (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<style id=\"fragment-featured-image-5756\">body.postid-5756 .wp-block-cover:has(img.wp-post-image){min-height:0!important;aspect-ratio:auto!important;padding:0!important}body.postid-5756 .wp-block-cover img.wp-post-image{position:relative!important;width:100%!important;height:auto!important;object-fit:contain!important}body.postid-5756 .wp-block-cover:has(img.wp-post-image) .wp-block-cover__inner-container{display:none}<\/style>\n<div class=\"fragment-video\" style=\"max-width:960px;margin:0 auto\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/226622054\" title=\"UJOO+LIMHEEYOUNG \u2014 Machine with Hair Caught in It (2015)\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;height:auto;aspect-ratio:16\/9;border:0\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Polished gears turn amid long strands of hair. The mechanism gradually makes its own obstruction: material that recalls a living head becomes knotted within a metal structure. UJOO+LIMHEEYOUNG turns this conflict between bodily material and mechanical repetition into a sculpture whose operation threatens to bring it to a halt. Does the machine control its material, or become trapped by its own movement?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> <em>Transfer + Resistor (Poetic Devices, Device Poetics)<\/em>, 8th Device_art festival, Museum of Contemporary Art (MSU), Zagreb, Croatia, September 29\u2013October 27, 2026. The work dates from 2015; the artists published this archival video on July 23, 2017. The photograph shows a presentation at The Lowry in 2017. Kontejner\u2019s September 25, 2026 post depicts this same mechanism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Artists:<\/strong> Based in Seoul, the South Korean duo UJOO+LIMHEEYOUNG has worked together since 2004. Their kinetic sculptures, drawings and interactive videos explore the absurdity of reality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/226622054\">original artist video<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kontejner_org\/p\/Ddtw5gljEUP\/\">Kontejner, September 25, 2026<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msu.hr\/dogadanja\/8-device_art-festival-umjetnosti-i-tehnologija-transfer-resistor-%28poetic-devices-device-poetics%29\/2000\/en.html\">MSU Zagreb<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/u-joolimheeyoung.blogspot.com\/p\/blog-page_16.html\">duo biography<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polished gears turn amid long strands of hair. The mechanism gradually makes its own obstruction: material that recalls a living head becomes knotted within a metal structure. UJOO+LIMHEEYOUNG turns this conflict between bodily material and mechanical repetition into a sculpture whose operation threatens to bring it to a halt. 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