Created by the International Centre for the Arts in Guimarães, Portugal, an art collective known as Moradavaga changed the way people look at swings by creating light through the motion of the swings themselves.
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Each swing is connected through a chain to a bicycle wheel and when the swinging starts, the spinning wheel powers two lights, located beneath under the swinger's feet. The electrical system is hidden at first glance in order to create a surprise for swingers when the soft glow of light appears.
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This work was created by Manfred Eccli and Pedro Cavaco Leitão. They explained that they wanted to make something that would put people back in touch with the simple human-powered mechanisms that once drove the city.
