C2_28_Ian Thorpe at Murray Rose Pool Sydney New South Wales 2015_Photo Brett Boardman.jpg

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) can be purchased by contacting us at studio@aileensage.com

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

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We acknowledge the Gadi people on whose country we work and create.

We also acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this Country and their continuing connection to culture, community, land, sea and sky. We pay our respect to Elders and Knowledge Holders past, present and future and express our gratitude for their continued sharing of knowledge and culture.