when i first saw Leandro Erlich's installation
the swimming pool (2001)
it was a strange experience...
i saw it first, as was intended, from above.
it brought up a lot of crazy feelings.
i was unsure about how i would deal with *below*
but took a deep breath
and went for it...
when i first arrived below the surface
there were others already there
many of them disorientated and unsure...
and one by one they left
there were others already there
many of them disorientated and unsure...
and one by one they left
so i lay alone,
on the bottom of the pool,
for a long, long time
on the bottom of the pool,
for a long, long time
watching
and being watched...
it was a wonderfully strange
yet
weirdly comforting experience...
(a german tourist took photographs of me from above...and
promised to email them to me
for a different perspective...)
! You are joking me!! Did you really go to the bottom of the pool and with your camera!! Nah!
ReplyDeleteIf you did then my god you have changed a lot!!
Was you thinking about John here? Trying to see how he felt?
ReplyDeleteit's actually an illusion :)
ReplyDeletewhat looks like *underwater* is a room, the ceiling of which forms the surface of the pool, which is then covered in water. it's amazingly effective though - both from above and below...
a lot of people were uncomfortable *underneath* but i found it very interesting. i just lay on the floor for ages watching people, watching me. I probably freaked a few of them out actually!
its a wonderful experience...i too felt the same..wonderful shots Victoria and words ...
ReplyDeleteHi KM, isn't it the most amazing exhibition? I had such a fantastic day :)
ReplyDeletedang! I wish I was there with you on the bottom of the pool.....
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