Social Pool is a work of art created in 2014 by the Austrian artist Alfredo Barsuglia. The work consists of a five foot deep, five foot wide, and eleven foot long pool. This pool is located in a remote location in the Mojave Desert in Southern California, USA.
The pool is open for anyone to use, but pool users should contact the West Hollywood art agency, MAK Art Center and Architecture, to get GPS coordinates and keys to unlock the cover. As determined by the artist, only one person or small group can use the pool and the key must then be returned to the MAK Center within 24 hours. Users should also take a gallon of water with them to replace the water that has evaporated from the pool. The exact location of the pool was originally intended to remain unknown to the general public, however, the aerial photograph of Google Maps reveals its location to the southwest of San Bernardino County around the 34.4494Ã, Â ° N 116,7239 Â ° W / 34,4494; -116.7239 ( Social Pool ) . The official swimming pool closes on September 30, 2014, although it continues to be used until it is tampered with in April or May 2016.
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Design
The pool is white in design and deserted by signs. The title of artwork is reflected in the design of the swimming pool; size allows "one or two people to stand or sit on either side" with a bench inserted to each side. This institute describes the walls of each segment of the pool as "... so high that a sitting person can not easily see anyone sitting in an adjacent space, despite the fact that they are just next door."
The physical isolation of the swimming pool has been likened to the installation of American Land in the desert including Walter de Maria's The Lightning Field in New Mexico, Robert Smithson Spiral Jetty , and Nancy Holt Sun Tunnels in Utah. Maps Social Pool
Comment
The MAK Center describes the pond as "Completely intertwining semantic construction of contemporary art, a pool (a symbol of carefree wealth, even more in the desert), relaxation and nature, the Social Pool is a complex replica of the contradictions and ideologies of contemporary society, where remoteness from others and tranquility is the luxury of a communicating city dweller "and a work that".... simultaneously embodies the massive socio-economic changes that have taken place in the past forty years, thereby understanding itself as an economic product in which privacy and immateriality is fully commodified. "
Barsuglia sees her swimming pool as part of critical comments in California swimming pools, stating that "In remote areas and droughts, ponds are something that does not make sense... Luxury goods are a status symbol - expensive but unimportant things to survive. "
Visitor information
The Social Pool is closed to the public on September 30, 2014.
References
External links
- Official site
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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