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Invite me to swim with you
Call out for people interested in sharing a conversation in water. The conversations will lead to the creation of new audio works. All bodies, all abilities, all waters, all experiences. I'm seeking around six people to work with. Each person will be gifted a new print after the project launches and a £40 contribution to their time, anticipating that we will spend an hour together. Okay so I'm not the strongest swimmer, I took swimming lessons as an adult in Arnold, North Nottingham. I knew the basics but I wasn't confident, I'm still not. Really it's not swimming I want to do with you. I want us to experience water together, how it can hold us, how it can help us rest, how we can heal. I'm not someone who's been on spa days, although I do dream of soft, warm bubbles, I'm not someone who swims for fun, although I can imagine rest in floating. Wild water feels brave. But the lur of water is powerful and it feels possible that water can hold us, that water can be a body that has the potential to care. This is what I want to experience with you, our bodies in water, our experience of this mass as a tool for rest. In many different waters with many different bodies. I'm looking for people interested in a shared experience, I would like to record some of our conversation and glimpses of the water we are held in, or held by. Maybe we simply drink water, maybe we float, maybe we talk in the pool showers, maybe it’s a new experience for you too, or a place you always go to. If it costs to go in, I can pay. I want to be led by you. I can mostly travel around the West Midlands and Bristol areas, but there is wiggle room. Invite me to you, share your experiences, show me your water spaces, how might we be held. Email me about where we would go and why; ameliahawk3@gmail.com This project is a part of the Spike Island Engagement Fellowship 2024, a residency alongside four young artists who have a connection to Bristol. We have been collectively exploring how to find a space that has the potential to care. The resulting work will launch digitally in July. |