seesaws at the border

Image: Seesaw installation by architecture studio Rael San Fratello, 2019

Image: Seesaw installation by architecture studio Rael San Fratello, 2019

Three pink seesaws were installed recently at the US/Mexican borderwall. Positioned between the steel slats along the stretch of wall between El Paso in Texas and Ciudad Juárez in Mexico, the installation allowed children on both sides to play together. The seesaw installation was created by the architectural studio Rael San Fratello. 

In an IG post, architect Ronald Rael (@rrael), who has protested Trump’s call for development of the borderwall, commented on the installation: "The wall became a literal fulcrum for US-Mexico relations and children and adults were connected in meaningful ways on both sides with the recognition that the actions that take place on one side have a direct consequence on the other side."