Outdoor Exhibition - Frankfort, Kentucky
Swing Set: Share a Share (Duyan: Ibahagi ang Balato)
Steel, wood, concrete, and artificial turf
Exhibition Dates: June 2025 - June 2028
https://www.josephinesculpturepark.org
3355 Lawrenceburg Rd
Frankfort, KY
I am honored that following the closing reception of Gift from the Bower at LSCAN in Texas and deinstallation of Duyan, this sculpture will be traveling to Frankfort, Kentucky in June to be installed at Josephine Sculpture Park to be on display for the next three years.
Swing Set: Share a Share (Duyan: Ibahagi ang Balato)
This sculptural installation features a swing set composed of twenty seats. Inspired by roundabouts where drivers must communicate through eye contact and hand gestures in order to navigate the junctures between roads safely, in Share a Share, participants need to communicate as they share their part of the swing set. The swing set challenges participants to engage actively, to look around, and to be aware of others when experiencing the sculpture.
Visually inspired by gothic architecture and spider’s legs and webs, the structure holding up the swings locks together into a geometric pattern that radiates from the hub of this sculptural wheel. The wood seats of the swing are carved, sculpted, and personalized by members of the Filipinx Artists of Houston. Each seat is a portrait - a story. These voices share the swing set as a community whose backgrounds and lived experiences have been translated into a space where each story contributes to the collective.
Duyan was designed and created for a group outdoor exhibition titled A Gift from the Bower which opened April 22, 2023 at the Locke Surls Center for Art and Nature. This sculptural celebration of James Surls' 80th birthday included paintings of the bower installations by Brian Zievert and performances in many of the bowers activating the sculptures.
Locke Surls Center for Art and Nature @ Splendora Gardens
26041 Midline Rd, Cleveland, TX 77328
Exhibition Dates: April 2023 - April 2025
Also in Bower #10 Special performances of “Gamba” choreographed by Marilou Mariko Carrera were shared during the opening weekend. Inspired by the spider-like shape of the sculpture in nature and the Philippine folktale about the creation of the spider, the performance explores the possibilities of healing after trauma, specifically through play and community building.
THANK YOU to performers Marilou Mariko Carrera, Cybil Saenz, Trisha Morales, Nikki DeOcampo, and Rea Sampilo with documentation by Christian Toledo, Alejandro Saenz Jr., and Apologia Pallugna-Saenz. (Full recording and post-performance discussion will be posted soon)
This video features Bajuyo’s description of the development of Bower #10 and the performance of Gamba.