Rael San Fratello

https://www.univision.com//juego-infantil-que-unio-a-dos-c

Nice article in surface talking about the prize, and the history of the project.

Teeter-Totter Wall is named Design of the Year 2020 by the @DesignMuseum! The project was nominated along with 70 nominees, which included a 3D rendering of the virus causing Covid-19, Lee Ha Jun’s set design from the Oscar-winning South Korean film Parasite, and the union flag stab-proof vest designed by Banksy which was worn by British rapper Stormzy at Glastonbury in 2019. We are totally surprised by this unexpected honor, which we share with the Juarez based art collectiv...e, @ColectivoChopeke. Most importantly, it comes at a time when we are hopeful for change and that we start building more bridges instead of walls. Read about the Design of the Year in the Guardian or visit the Virtual Design Museum at the profile link. Thank you to everyone involved! Love to the families and children of the borderlands. #BeazleyDesignsoftheYear #borderwallasarchitecture #raelsanfratello #seesawdownthewall #noborderwall https://www.theguardian.com//pink-seesaws-across-us-mexico

There is a saying in the borderlands, ‘while the border divides, the land unites. I was fortunate to be part of this initiative and built an horno (traditiona...l mud oven) out of the land itself with a migrant shelter in Nogales, Mexico to bring people together around food and community. WILL YOU JOIN US?: 2.6.21 for the kick off of A Little Piece of Home, a global movement to create and celebrate the connection of communities along the US/Mexico border. The virtual film + food event featuring Charles X Michel will include an interactive cooking demonstration, followed by the world premiere of the @we.are.alight + @BurnersWithoutBorders documentary short that amplifies unity, resilience and hope. #ALittlePieceOfHome REGISTER HERE: https://here.burningman.org/event/pedacito-de-la-tierra @BurnersWithoutBorders / @WeAreAlight / Ronald Rael / Kai Schoenhals / Lina Lyte Plioplyte / Charles X Michel

Last summer, architecture studio Rael San Fratello installed hot-pink seesaws between the slats in the steel fence at the US-Mexico border. For a joyful half an... hour, children from both countries played together. Architecture duo Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello reflect on "Teeter-Totter Wall," which offered a different context for considering place and how artists can expand our ideas about home and belonging. mo.ma/3b7EWRU Discover how artists in the #MoMACollection grapple with notions of place and belonging in our free online @coursera course, #WhatIsContemporaryArt. Enroll today at mo.ma/whatiscontemporaryart

Excited to be in Little Rock, Arkansas tonight sharing stories from the Borderlands.

Teeter-Totter Wall featured

September 4th poem: about the Rael San Fratello studio's installation of teeter-totters spanning the US-Mexico border wall. https://robertsonrambles.com/teeter-totter-wall/

Have you seen it yet? It's here! Public Art Review issue 59 is available now. Stop by our St. Paul office or visit our shop page to order your copy today. In t...he meantime, enjoy this page-through video of this stunning, meaningful issue for 2020. https://youtu.be/Svvg6niWqNw The 59th issue of Public Art Review is filled with articles about how artists and design practitioners are inviting us allin this time of divisionto focus on justice, inclusion, and human dignity. It includes feature articles about the new professionals working at the intersection of art, design, and equity; the winner and commended projects of the 2019 International Award for Public Art; an on-the-ground story about arts and culture in an economically and environmentally devastated Puerto Rico; and the work of artist-activists in Minnesota addressing water justice issues. The issue also includes articles about two communities using theater in different ways to envision their futures; environmental artist Mary Miss and social ecologist Adrian Cerezo discussing their collaboration and infusing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals into public art; an interview with Victoria Jones of The CLTV and The CMPLX in Memphis; and the work of other visionary artists and communities. Buy it for yourself, or as a gift http://shop.forecastpublicart.org/index.php Featured: Rael San Fratello High Line Art Public Art Chattanooga Future IDs Faith47 Marcus Young Minnesota Department of Transportation LADOT Official WSDOT @SubversiveSirens Designing Justice + Designing Spaces TEN x TEN @SNCCollaborative Water Bar & Public Studio Doris Salcedo Tentative Collective @butterflyflock Mall of America

We are on the cover!

Borderlands: A short documentary shows how commuters, city planners, and kids deal with the wall that divides their cities.

See the work of Rael San Fratello in Los Angeles: