Anti Trump Swing

The swing was installed on the border fence dividing Park Sanland, New Mexico, and the city of Ciudad Juarez in Mexico; images on social networks show how adults and children play on them, separated by a fence. Mexican actor Mauricio Martinez tweeted the project, saying that "the artists set a swing on the border wall."
A swing set brings children to the US-Mexico border, challenging President Trump, who is trying to build a wall along the entire border, stretching over 2,000 miles.
The scheme was designed by Ronald Rael, a professor-architect from the University of California at Berkeley, and Virginia San Fratello, an assistant professor of design at San Jose State University (the architectural practice of the couple is called Rael San Fratello).
In an Instagram post, Rael says: “The wall has literally become a pillar of US-Mexican relations, and adults have had different relationships with both sides, recognizing that actions that take place on one side have a direct impact on the other side.”
The swing initiative was first launched in 2009 when the couple drafted designs for a circuit known as the Teetertotter wall (images of a proposed playground design appeared on the cover of Wall Border as Architecture: a manifesto for the US-Mexico border in 2017),
A book published by the University of California and edited by Rael suggests that “a wall with a length of about 700 miles is an opportunity for economic and social development along the border that facilitates its conceptual and physical dismantling; The book sends readers on a journey along the wall that cuts through the "third nation" - the divided states of America. "

Rael adds: “This is one of the most incredible events of my career and the career of San Fratello, the embodiment of the conceptual drawings of the Titterotter Wall since 2009 in an event filled with joy, excitement and unity at the border wall.” Newspaper Art understands that the unit has since been dismantled.
On July 27, the US Supreme Court gave Trump green light on the use of Pentagon funds in the amount of $ 2.5 billion. USA to the wall section on the southern border. This step means that wall projects can now begin in specific areas such as Arizona, California and New Mexico.