Get in the pool… No Swimsuits Required! Hosted at Hamilton Fish Pool–an Olympic-sized pool and architectural landmark on the Lower East Side–Water Works, a collaboration between Public Art Fund and The Film-Makers’ Cooperative in its first iteration, will explore water as a thematic framework. Conceived as an “expanded cinema” presentation, utilizing multiple projectors and screens, Water Works will feature 20 experimental 16mm and digital films that explore bodies of water, from vast oceans and serene rivers to turbulent seas stirred by ships and quotidian drips from a leaky faucet.
Attendees will step inside the drained pool to encounter a range of moving image works, including cerebral structuralist cinema, hand-processed films tinged with ecocritical politics, and ravishing seascape and landscape works. Creating an experiential atmosphere to showcase the multiplicity of perspectives contained within artists’ visions of water, the films and video artworks will be accompanied by live audio performances by Eli Keszler (Sep 21) and María Chavez (Sep 28).
Accessibility: This program will take place inside an empty 3-foot-deep swimming pool. Attendees can access it via stainless steel pool ladders or an ADA-compliant ramp. Films screened include strobe-like visual effects, which may affect people suffering from epilepsy and other conditions triggered by light stimulation. Please contact programs@publicartfund.org with questions and requests for accessibility.
