One-Person Seesaw

Silent air compressor, pneumatic system, aluminum, steel, wheel, electronic components

39.37 x 118.11 x 49.61 inches | 100 x 300 x 126 cm

2026

Designed for a single participant, One-Person Seesaw transforms a playground structure traditionally dependent on two bodies into a solitary balancing system. A pneumatic mechanism responds to the participant’s weight, creating movement without another person. Although the mechanism appears to o er reciprocity, each movement ultimately returns to the participant’s own body. Balance must be negotiated alone. By reimagining a structure associated with cooperation and shared play, the work explores the tension between self-sufficiency and mutual dependence. It asks whether support can be engineered and what remains absent when another body is replaced by a mechanical response.