People at the public pool

What happens to the public space of an urban swimming pool when it is organised by workers who have limited or no access to work? How do their activism and life engage in a water context? PEOPLE AT THE PUBLIC POOL turns the public pool Floridsdorf into a place for an aqua show.

We kick-off with a historical-swimwear fashion show by Khusen Khaydarov. The historical development of swim wear reflects the ideas of morality and sex that prevailed in each respective era.

Then, instead of working on Sundays, we admire the beauty of no border synchronised swimming with the queer migrant team of Queer H2O — the first male synchronised swimming team in Austrian history that breaks mainstream masculinity and raises the question who counts to represent as a citizen.

Afterwards, get yourself into the water and try body-healing aqua-gym with the Parkinson's self-help aqua group! In addition: writer Ilse Kilic, who is an enthusiastic swimmer herself, will read a text written especially for the aqua show.

MENSCHEN IM BAD / PEAOPLE AT THE PUBLIC POOL are a transnational group of about sixty participants between 14 and 86 years and have become a collective complementing each other in the water. We look forward to enjoying the pool spectacle with you!

Idea, concept, realisation: Ursula Napravnik and friends
Moderators: Denice Bourbon and Dariush Onghaie

Participants: Barbara Beranek, August Bisinger, Didi Bruckmayr, Dj Vapcici, Judith Gerleitner, Marlen Gerleitner, Ziga Jereb, Khusen Khaydarov, Ilse Kilic, Gregor Mahnert, Gin Müller, Parkinson Selbsthilfe Aqua-Gruppe, Silvia Pecha, Nikolaus Preglau, SUW Männersynchronteam, Werner Thenmayer and many more