The Pool Book

Venice Biennale 2016, Australian Exhibition Publication
Winner - Adrian Ashton Prize, 2016

The Pool is Australia's Exhibition at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale. This companion publication to the exhibition is a collection of stories about the social and cultural power of pools in Australia, including interviews with environmentalist Tim Flannery, Olympians Shane Gould and Ian Thorpe, authors Anna Funder and Christos Tsiolkas, curator Hetti Perkins, fashion designers Romance Was Born and singer songwriter Paul Kelly. With a foreword by Margo Neale, Indigenous art curator and academic. 

Creative Directors, writers, editors: Amelia Holliday, Isabelle Toland, Michelle Tabet
Advisor: Olivia Hyde
Book Design: Stephen Goddard (Project Two)
Cover Photography: Abdul Moeez
Portrait Photography: Brett Boardman
Subeditor: Jeanne Carey

The Pool (The Book) please contact studio@aileensage.com

Radio Podcasts of the voices in the space can be heard on ABC Radio National.

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