czech artists turn billboard into guerrilla merry go round swing

four czech artists transform a rotating billboard into a carnival-like ride

in the urban intervention project ‘kolotoč’ (‘merry-go-round’), prague-based artists vojtěch fröhlich, ondřej mladý, jan šimánek, and vladimír turner transform a rotating billboard into a ‘swing around’-style, carnival-like ride. the team first gathered onsite with climbing rope, carabiners, wooden panels, and balloons. after mounting the structure via its maintenance ladder, each secured his cables to the billboard scaffolding before lowering himself down on his homemade wooden swing and letting the rotations of the billboard transport them in circles.

making-of video

the ‘kolotoč’ (‘merry-go-round’)

documentation of the performance (full installation view begins at 1:27)

full view of the setting