In Fields of Friends, Matthew Geller, 2023

SERVICES PROVIDED: Design coordination, Materials research, Budget management, Engineering coordination and oversight, Fabricator bid process, Fabrication oversight, Shipping, Installation services, Scheduling, Project close-out.

The sculpture—an architectural folly in the landscape—is suggestive of gentle amusement park rides, park bench hangs, and lazy afternoons, creating a landmark and a gathering place overlooking Frick Park’s Riverview Hill. Each of the three back-to-back benches rotates 120°, allowing, for example, an intimate conversation or a meditative view of the landscape. The cable and spring-mounted canopy sways in the wind.

Images courtesy of Matthew Geller.