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City staff: installation started for Bouncing Backswing public art; sculptures to appear at Surprise site soon
Summary
Staff reported that the public art installation 'Bouncing Backswing' has begun, with fencing in place and sculptures arriving from regional fabricators; electrical and turf work remain before completion.
City arts staff told the Arts and Cultural Advisory Commission on Monday that installation work has begun for the public art piece Bouncing Backswing and that the first sculptures will arrive at the Surprise site this week.
Staff reported that fencing is in place around the site and that two fabricators produced pieces for the work — Bollinger Fabrication in Tempe and Southwest Fabrication nearby — and that some elements were fabricated locally while others are shipped in from farther away in other projects. Staff said the installation will remain incomplete for several weeks because remaining work includes electrical hookups, turf installation and finishing details around traffic cabinets.
Commission members and staff discussed the balance artists face between local fabrication and cost. Staff explained that transportation and fabrication costs are factors in artists’ choices about where pieces are made, and that local fabricators were used in this project in part to reduce transport expense. Staff said the commission will see presentations by artists at the August meeting and that decorative work on traffic-control cabinets has been shared with the commission via email.
No formal action was taken on the installation during the meeting; staff described the installation timeline as “about a month” before all site work is complete.
The commission’s regular reports section also noted several completed and upcoming public-art activities and community openings tied to city events.
