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All photographs in this publication were taken within an area of approximately 0.5 km² in a suburb of a larger Swedish city. And the text is translated from hemnet.se from house sale listings in the same area.

Trampolines can be seen to symbolize an idea of idyllic family life with kids. They give associations to play and fun but also, when standing next to each other in every other garden, reflect a societal system that often prioritizes conformity over sustainability, and where social status is defined by material consumption.

The trampolines in this publication could thus be read as dual symbols: as monuments of idealized family life, as well as markers of societal pressures linked to consumerism and the anxiety of deviating from established norms. Read in this way, they underline the absence of meaningful responses to urgent issues such as the climate crisis, while at the same time holding the promise of happy, carefree children – laughing, screaming and full of energy – jumping on a trampoline a warm summer evening.