This fluid, abstract composition features reflective, liquid-like shapes suspended in deep blue space. The image conjures up an imagined underwater environment, with hints of movement and texture that evoke memories of long-forgotten swimming pools. Rather than depicting a literal space, the unstable, continuously shifting forms appear as if shaped by memory, perception and reinterpretation. Created through observation, reconstruction, and reimagination, the image reflects the workshop's approach to space. Sitting between documentation and fiction, it visualises a collective attempt to see the building differently - not as it is now, but as it once was.

Homegrown Festival 2026

Almost Here: The Pool That Never Existed

Name: Almost Here: The Pool That Never Existed
Start: 2026-05-29T15:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-05-30T16:00:00+01:00

Date

Fri 29 - Sat 30 May 2026

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In 1967, Battersea Town Hall almost became a swimming pool. Instead, it was saved by the local community and transformed into Battersea Arts Centre. Almost Here: The Pool That Never Existed invites you to step inside BAC and look again.

In this interactive workshop designed around shared imagination and alternative futures, you will explore our building and see if you can discover traces of a swimming pool hidden in plain sight. Working together, participants will turn their observations into images and stories, building a shared visual world using simple digital tools.

The session culminates in a live video mixing performance, where each participant contributes to a continuous flow of images and decisions.

No experience is needed. Just curiosity and a willingness to see the world differently.