↓ Pools
The video consists of footage that is gathered from a diverse variety of sources; it partly stems from surveillance cameras of hotels in earthquake regions, and partly from private persons, filming the pool in their yard. Recordings shared in forums for earthquake victims, showing a collection of swimming pools during the time of an earthquake. The pool is an ultimate attempt to control the element of water. Its, usually extremely efficient, structure is rendered futile and absurd for the same reasons that allow for its efficiency in the first place: its rigid means prevent any form of adaptation - but they cause an unequal confrontation instead. The collapsing concept of a swimming pool as a source for joy and relaxation however becomes its very own spectacle. Waves emerge where there should be none. They follow their own set of rules. Ripples and lines form grids and chaotic arrays. Dancing with - and mocking the architecture that was designed to contain them. The video is projected on a wall relief, which is mimicking the architecture of the different swimming pools. The relief aligns with the pool's outlines. It enhances the video and results in a haptic, 3 dimensionality of the projection - hence, as the video progresses, those same elements disrupt the projection surface and collapse the illusion they had created moments before.
YEAR
2012
MATERIAL(S)
Video projection
DIMENSIONS
Variable
↓ Pools
The video consists of footage that is gathered from a diverse variety of sources; it partly stems from surveillance cameras of hotels in earthquake regions, and partly from private persons, filming the pool in their yard. Recordings shared in forums for earthquake victims, showing a collection of swimming pools during the time of an earthquake. The pool is an ultimate attempt to control the element of water. Its, usually extremely efficient, structure is rendered futile and absurd for the same reasons that allow for its efficiency in the first place: its rigid means prevent any form of adaptation - but they cause an unequal confrontation instead. The collapsing concept of a swimming pool as a source for joy and relaxation however becomes its very own spectacle. Waves emerge where there should be none. They follow their own set of rules. Ripples and lines form grids and chaotic arrays. Dancing with - and mocking the architecture that was designed to contain them. The video is projected on a wall relief, which is mimicking the architecture of the different swimming pools. The relief aligns with the pool's outlines. It enhances the video and results in a haptic, 3 dimensionality of the projection - hence, as the video progresses, those same elements disrupt the projection surface and collapse the illusion they had created moments before.
YEAR
2012
MATERIAL(S)
Video projection
DIMENSIONS
Variable