I first went on a rope swing back in my freshman year of college. A legendary rope swing had been put up on the same tree that the yellow one is tied to today. There I started cultivating a relationship with the rush of swinging. Over the summer, the swing was cut down and one didn't replace it until the end of the Spring '10 semester. I first used rope swinging as a form of release. After class, there was nothing more blissful and refreshing as going to the rope swing on a beautiful spring day and swinging around for an hour or so. Over the summer I fell in love with a different rope swing located on the Eno River in Hillsboro, NC. Because you swing over water, I perfected the "upside down" and eventually I was able to master the backflip. Here is a picture of the infamous swing though it is hard to see the rope, it is on the left side:
Once school started back up, it became more clear to me that I wanted to do some sort of art project involving the rope swing. I started an independent study with Maia Dery outlining a few projects I wanted to tackle. The "Rope swing project" was the first on my to-do list. However, once I started mixing art and the rope swing, I couldn't stop. Over the semester, I have documented the swing through pictures and video. Below are some of my favorite pictures:
My boy Henry at the peak of the yellow
Crotch Shot
This is a series of myself during my first shoot of my second rope swing video
Shot By Myself.
(Used Self-timer)
My Habibi
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