Workshop and installation on Sergelstorg the summer of 2025 in collaboriation with På Sergelstorg.
Why do I work with swings?
Because they are such a potent tool for changing how a place is used and for shifting our perception of it. Because they tickle the stomach, break routines, and spark new synapses. Because they strengthen our social bonds, our ability to cooperate, and our swing.
Why is it important that a three-year-old saws on their own?
Everyone builds for themselves, but I help as much as needed. Because I believe there is something powerful in having built something that can carry your own body. Safe and adventurous at the same time. To have a bodily memory of creating such a thing is a reminder that it’s possible to influence not only our own place in the city but the city itself.
So what came out of it?
It became more than a hundred swings built by visitors at Sergels torg, hung up, and then taken home to be installed in a place where they are needed. In the garden, in a playroom, from a balcony, at a bus stop, or from a particularly good tree. I hope they keep swinging on and spreading only good vibes!
Blobby cut carpets for the ground as a landing as a softer runway to land on. It was playful and enticing but had to be exchanged for some thicker material after a couple of days.
We learned to swing just high enough without brushing the roof, and how to turn mid-air so that the pillars became stepping stones rather than obstacles. The team from På Sergelstorg, led by curator and artist Alicia Donat-Magnin, proved to be the ideal partners. With their deep understanding of this unique, multilayered site—where countless needs and desires intersect with rules, safety, and regulations—they helped shape the project into something more than play: an exploration of space, movement, and possibility
