Sinaida Michalskaja

Swing, 2020/2024

Swing (Die Gedanken sind frei solange man sie nicht erraten kann), 2020
Steel chains, steel ceiling mounting, PVC swing seat, 275 × 27 × 16 cm

Swing (Die Gedanken sind frei solange man sie nicht erraten kann), 2020 (Detail)

Swing (Die Gedanken sind frei solange man sie nicht erraten kann), 2020
Steel chains, steel ceiling mounting, PVC swing seat, 275 × 27 × 16 cm

Installation view: Tell me I belong, 2021, MISC, Athens.

Swing (Die Gedanken sind frei solange man sie nicht erraten kann), 2020
The work mobilizes the visitor's body to enact a paradox: motion without displacement. It carves out a corridor of movement that registers as a momentary, physical liberty within a rigid structure. By making the private struggle of "unguessable thought" visible in the exposed, active body, the object re-contextualizes Luhmann’s assertion of freedom.
Thoughts are free as long as one can’t guess them. (Niklas Luhmann)

Swing (protocolled strolling in the open sea), 2024. steel chains, steel ceiling mounting, PVC swing seat, dimensions variable, in: Metal and the Flesh, 2024, Horse and Pony, Berlin

Swing (protocolled strolling in the open sea), 2024. steel chains, steel ceiling mounting, PVC swing seat, dimensions variable, in: Metal and the Flesh, 2024, Horse and Pony, Berlin (detail)

Swing (protocolled strolling in the open sea), 2024
A continuation of linguistic citation merged with object form. The title re-frames the swing as a protocol - an attempt to impose administrative order onto the uncontrollable "open sea." Unlike the active motion of the earlier work, this variation suspends the physical desire to let go. It acts as a paralyzed apparatus, measuring the tension between a boundless concept and its rigid structural container.