The Slow See-Saws concept proposes a cluster of monumental sculptural ‘seesaws’ forming a malleable, mutable landscape for Alumni Park at the University of New South Wales.

7 to 10 metres long, these minimal stone sculptural wedges pivot in weighty balance. Unlike regular seesaws, they not only gently tip but also slowly rotate to scribe 8 to 10 metre circles above the ground.

The installation invites people to ‘adjust the landscape’ and reposition the benches in relation to each-other. Surprisingly, slow gliding rotation is achieved by moving ones position up or down the wedge as well through pushing the object around its off-centred pivot.

Sitting, lying or walking on their bench-like forms we discover our individual and collective ability to effect both balance and rotation.

Slow See-Saws invokes the idea, the act and the memory of play as their monumental masses are lightly tipped and turned with our interaction.