Recently, Melbourne art studio ENESS launched a UFO-like interactive swing installation called "I Believe Swings", which gives the small matter of swinging a cool sense of flying into space. For many artists, swings are not just an inconspicuous feature of urban public spaces, but also a source of inspiration for their work with every rise and fall.
ENESS “I Believe Swings”
Cloud swings in the wilderness
"As guardians of children's hearts, clouds are everywhere in amusement parks where children hang out. But even clouds are becoming less common in the world of adults. That's probably why the Cloud Swing won Best Art Installation at Burning Man 2019.
Lindsay Glatz & Curious Form “Cloud Swing”
Even in the daytime, when there are no lights, swinging among the fluffy clouds makes people feel like Nobita wearing a bamboo dragonfly, swaying at ease. The artist has deliberately magnified the lightness and fluffiness of the clouds so that the swing seems to be literally suspended in mid-air, and with the clear summer sky under the wilderness, swinging has probably never been so romantic.
Lindsay Glatz & Curious Form “Cloud Swing”
Swinging back to your childhood
If you could travel back in time to a childhood summer day, would you choose to go on a swing or lie on the floor of your grandmother's house and laze around? The Event of a Thread, a large-scale art installation by visual artist Ann Hamilton, is designed to take people back to their childhood.
Ann Hamilton “The Event of a Thread”
The Event of a Thread features a giant curtain, pigeons, 42 swings, and performers reading, singing and writing, all of which present a myriad of small moments in life, and Ann Hamilton sees the moment when the swing hangs in the air, the moment when people open a book, the moment when they listen to a song and write, as a moment when they are free from gravity. Life is like swinging, constantly fighting against gravity for the fleeting moments, and even though we will eventually fall to the ground and return to our everyday lives, we will always enjoy the release when we reach the top.
Ann Hamilton “The Event of a Thread”
In the exhibition, swings, books and songs are all going on at the same time, and when the singing stops, the pigeons fly out of their cages and into places they cannot reach. Ann Hamilton says that her childhood was made up of all these 'insignificant everyday things', so she has chosen to capture all the 'moments' in the exhibition. So she chose to distil all those 'moments' into this work.
Ann Hamilton “The Event of a Thread”
A musical swing in the city
How to make strangers interact in a seemingly lively urban space is the problem that the musical swing is trying to solve. Each swing on the Music Swing emits a different tone, derived from four instruments - piano, guitar, harp and vibraphone - and the different colours of the seats represent different instruments, with the scale changing according to the swing's sway.
Daily Tous Les Jours “Musical Swing”
After being exhibited in Montreal, Canada, the musical swing has appeared all over the world and the design team, Daily Tous Les Jours, were shocked at how popular their design was. It's probably the case that by adding a little creativity to our ordinary lives, we can reap a different kind of fun experience, where strangers can play and collaborate with each other on the musical swingset without any problem, "as if they become part of the music themselves and indulge in playing."
Daily Tous Les Jours “Musical Swing”
Honest interaction is not really common in the city and the Music Swing Daily Tous Les Jours has been working to make urban spaces more flexible, to make people aware that it is not only architecture that has the power to build spaces, but also that people have the power to change their surroundings, to make the city The city's concrete and steel are softened.
One Two Three Swing!
In 2017, the arts organisation SUPERFLEX placed the "One Two Three Swing! "swing installation at the Tate, where, unlike normal swings, each swing can seat three people at a time, all swinging together with ease.
SUPERFLEX “One Two Three Swing!”
© Torben Eskerod
Most of the time, artworks displayed in galleries have a 'serious' appearance, but they are also part of the public space. How do you make the most of public space? There is probably no better answer than a swing in an art gallery, and SUPERFLEX's ability to carry three people at once is an attempt to break the bonds of stereotypes and 'fight' gravity together. On top of the swing, a huge ball is suspended, which also swings around like a swing. When people get tired of swinging, they can lie down generously on the ground and observe it. Lying down with strangers in one of the world's most famous museums is, in a way, quite in keeping with SUPERFLEX's attempt to redefine public space.
Rainbow swings in the sky
Swings can be found not only in art galleries but also on pedestrianised streets. The artist Max Mertens, who has filled Luxembourg's shopping streets with swings, believes that this is the best way to welcome summer: "Nothing reminds people of childhood and long summer days like a swing".
Max Mertens “Swings”
Public space is always in an awkward position, it seems everyone is connected to it, but everyone doesn't know how they can join in. Transforming a pedestrian street that has been walked on a million times doesn't require tearing down a building, 450 swings can give it a new look, and that's what Max Mertens set out to do. The swings are handmade and, to make them even more eye-catching, the artist has dressed them up in bright colours to remind the shopper that there are many more interesting things in the world to discover than shopping.
Max Mertens “Swings”
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