“The art project, which has been a media sensation, is the work of architecture studio Rael San Fratello, a partnership between San Jose State interior design faculty member Virginia San Fratello and UC Berkeley architecture professor Ronald Rael, author of the 2017 book Borderwall as Architecture: A Manifesto for the U.S.-Mexico Boundary.
Ten years in the making—the duo drew up conceptual sketches for the project in 2009—the piece was inspired by the Secure Fence Act of 2006. It features three pink seesaws, which are installed between the slats on the border fence, which allow people on either side of the border to see one another.”