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SWING STATE
Participatory pendulums
Metal swing frame, jute rope, and reclaimed bay laurel wood (2026)
Sculpture EV 1/5 + 2AP 22' w x 16' deep x 10' h
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The “Swing State” artwork is a philosophical, participatory sculpture composed of three suspended swings with seats made from tree ring sections. The swings bear the inscriptions: “the world before you were here”; “you were here”; “you are here”; “you will be here”; and “the world when you are no longer here.” Because swings move like pendulums, the work is also a physical visualization of time.
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It was next installed in the AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park for the Save the Redwoods gala to represent how people are working to protect the redwoods for a world when they are no longer here since Redwood trees live for thousands of years.
For the next installation “Swing State” will be traveling to two locations in Texas to create an art experience that invites intergenerational conversations around women’s rights. The first location is Marfa, Texas. And for the following second installation location in Texas, we are determining with women’s rights leaders in Texas, where “Swing State” artwork will be most helpful to discuss women’s rights intergenerationally
Swing State is a philosophical, participatory sculpture composed of three suspended swings with seats made from tree ring sections. The swings bear the inscriptions: “the world before you were here”; “you were here”; “you are here”; “you will be here”; and “the world when you are no longer here.” Together, the phrases form a meditation on presence, memory, and impermanence.
Because swings move like pendulums, the work is also a physical visualization of time. The arc of each swing mirrors the movement between past, present, and future, while the material weight of the tree rings reinforces the literal and metaphorical gravity at the heart of the piece. Swing State invites viewers to experience these ideas through their own embodied physical motion.
Read more about the creative process of this work.