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TRAISIMA SWIMMING POOL
Location: River Mühlbach • Daniel-Gran-Straße 23 • St. Pölten • AUSTRIA
Installation Duration: 01.05. - 06.10.2024
Format: Installation • Public Space • Performance
Artist: Rainer Prohaska • Michael Walk Gabriel
Curator: Joanna Warsza & Lorena Moreno Vera
Images: (c) Simon Veres
The idea of a swimming pool—right on the Mühlbach. Next to
Interspar, where no one would suspect it. The sculpture consists of
several elements, such as a plastic slide, lifebuoys and a set of
tubular steel steps. These are everyday objects that are given new
meaning through being alienated and transferred into the field of art.
They are presented as artworks, so-called Readymade SAMPLES, which are
usually to be found in museums.
Traisma, the title of the work, refers to a medieval settlement that was located in what is now the heart of St. Pölten. The name of the settlement is, in turn, derived from the River Traisen, which has lent its name to many communities in its drainage basin over the centuries. The Traisen also supplies the Mühlbach with fresh water.
(curatorial text, Tangente St. Pölten)
Traisma, the title of the work, refers to a medieval settlement that was located in what is now the heart of St. Pölten. The name of the settlement is, in turn, derived from the River Traisen, which has lent its name to many communities in its drainage basin over the centuries. The Traisen also supplies the Mühlbach with fresh water.
(curatorial text, Tangente St. Pölten)