In many playgrounds, exactly the same climbing and play installations can be found. They could use a bit more imagination, artist Jale Sezgin thought.
She created a large, bright pink, wondrous animal. It has one eye in what might be its head, and it stands with its legs in pink sand. (This is the ‘pixie dust’ from the title.) When children crawl between the legs, they discover that the eye is a viewing hole. Inside it is a colourful kaleidoscope. Looking through the eye of the fantasy creature, the surroundings are ‘enchanted’ with beautiful colours. On the outside of the animal there is a handle. If you ask someone to turn it, the colours start to move.
The Amsterdam‑based, Turkish/Danish Jale Sezgin (2000) graduated from the Rietveld Academy in 2024, in the DesignLAB programme. What occupies Sezgin is how interpersonal contact relates to the systems in which we live.
Good to know: on 13 and 14 June, workshops will be hosted by the artist themselves!
