Architectural studio Rael San Fratello has installed three pink seesaws in between the metal slats of the US-Mexico border wall, so that children on either side can play together.
Ronald Rael, who runs Rael San Fratello with architect Virginia San Fratello, posted images and videos of the installation to Instagram yesterday.
The shots capture people playing on three bright pink seesaws slotted into gaps of the steel wall that runs between El Paso in Texas and Ciudad Juárez in Mexico.
"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," said Rael in the Instagram post.
 

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He added that the event was "filled with joy, excitement, and togetherness at the borderwall" and described it as one of the "incredible experiences" of the duo's career.
Rael, an architecture professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and San Fratello, who is also an associate professor of design at San José State University, produced the installation with Taller Herrería, a workshop located in Ciudad Juárez.
The duo established Rael San Fratello as an architectural research studio with endeavours including the Emerging Objects pr...