Swing/Stop.

SwingStop. Installation in partial completion of the requirements for the Certificate of Advanced Studios in Arts and International Cooperation. Zurich University of the Arts, 2020. Collaborative wings installed in-context in shared green spaces, shared non-green social spaces in rural transportation (bus stops in Harrisonburg, Virginia.) Second installation in Mosby Court, Richmond, a neighborhood that has experienced a recent resurgence of gun violence. Study of game-play in non-social shared spaces in the American South, comparative post-rural and urban contexts. In-progress; paused for COVID. Thesis included below.
Swings in use, Harrisonburg (above, both, and below, left,) Richmond, right, demonstrating use of the swing.
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Sample swing with directional signage.
S Phillips ZHSK Thesis Final