The swimming pool has become Caoife Power and Kari Lee McInneny-McRae’s regular meeting place. Through the intimacy of their friendship, and a shared experience of invisible illness this exhibition aims to challenge expectations placed upon our bodies.‘Swimming backwards under water’ explores the push and pull of the body and its constraints. The imaginative space of the artists’ moving through water is presented to you, through gestural brush strokes, physical movement, poetry (spoken word), and sculpture. Without forced pressure or set parameters, the act of creating this installation opens the possibility for sharing a perspective of time that is felt differently.Accepting slowness and discomfort, ‘Swimming backwards under water’ asks you to stop and sit, to be present within your own body, and to allow for care to be more than just the artists, but an experience that we all can be a part of.

 

Image credits:

Caoife Power and Kari McInneny-McCrea, Swimming backwards under water, SEVENTH ARI, 2022.
Photography by Lucy Foster. Courtesy the artists.