The Swings at Elsewhere by Colin Bliss / Bliss created a series of swing sets throughout the Elsewhere building, made of collection wood he restored on the top surface but left as he found it on the underside. They ranged in size from miniature to functional, life-sized swings. The swings both express a childlike spirit of play and the adult desires for romance and intimacy, both qualities Bliss found inherent to Elsewhere.
Colin Bliss is a sculptor, tinkerer, writer and sometimes fake astronaut. Born and raised on the island of Manhattan, he now lives and makes work in Providence, RI. His personal work tends to explore the emotional lives of objects, and how those emotions coincide, or completely butt up against those of humans. His sculpture ranges from devastatingly permanent and heavy to fleeting and transient. For nearly a decade he has worked as a key member of a public art and education collective, making large, temporary, collaborative murals with tape, and using them as a tool for education.
