Camila Kh
@camilakh
Camila Kh
@camilakh
When we pool our resources, we bring distinct flows together and hold them so that they have more effect. In carpooling, it's the people who are being pooled into one vehicle, although the parking lot may be said to be a pool of cars. A public pool brings together the reserves of the whole community.
The Architecture of Bathing: body, landscape,
... See moreA pool gathers water, and to pool is to collect. […] There needs to be some flow for the pool to keep from stagnating, otherwise it would be called a pond; bathing in ponds, swamps, or bogs is different. A swimming pool holds enough water for people to frolic in, move their limbs, float, or race back and forth. A great deal of effort is made to
... See moreJames Turrell, Heavy Water
immersion
In Victor Turner's analysis, the category of leisure might be understood as an invention of industrial society as a compensation? Within designated activities, we find remnants of what might be considered sacred rituals. He notes that in traditional societies the sacred was inseparable from play in the roots of theater — the sacred plays performed
... See morefrom the architecture of bathing, p.200.
bathing spaces provide space for “critical distancing”, allowing space between you and the world by submerging yourself in water.
Victorian Bathing Machines
The Diving Stage