How does the swimmer relate to being and doing in the communal swimming pool?
The strokes, the turns, the course and the counting.
SWIM is an exhibition by designer/woodworker Evelina Björnqvist and choreographer/dancer Ida Kjällquist. Based on our different artistic languages, we explore the importance of the communal swimming pool, from the democratic perspective all the way to the personal, bodily and intimate. The body's transformation from stiff to liquid and heavy to weightless, in a function-oriented atmosphere carried by incredibly specific objects and materials.
Many swimming pools were built in Sweden in the mid 20th century. Swedish municipalities are now faced with the costly decision of either renovating old, building new, or quitting communal swimming as a service all together. In a country with a long coastline and blessed with many lakes, learning how to swim and having access to communal swimming pools are no small matter. This raises the question - what is the importance of the communal swimming pool for past, present and future swimmers and the society they live in?
As a part of the exhibition we present a video work by Åsa Båve.
Artistic idea and execution: Ida Kjällquist and Evelina Björnqvist
With support from: Gothenburg City's cultural committee, KulturUngdom and Ifö Center
