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Francesco Arena
Altalena E, 2025bronze, chainvariable dimensions, bronze seat dimensions 60 x 33 x 3 cmCopyright The ArtistFurther images
Engraved on the bronze seat of a swing is the phrase: AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY WE THOUGHT WE WERE GODS / AT THE END OF THE DAY WE...Engraved on the bronze seat of a swing is the phrase: AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY WE
THOUGHT WE WERE GODS / AT THE END OF THE DAY WE DISCOVERED OURSELVES TO BE
HUMAN.
This is a phrase I heard spoken by a famous athlete after she failed an exercise everyone expected
her to succeed in; it speaks of failure and acceptance. The phrase is engraved in two parts, at two corners of the swing seat, like a threshold, a boundary to cross.
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