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Panorama is born with a very specific mission: to help create and reinforce a global consciousness regarding the different challenges we as a society face in terms of landscape and territory.

For that reason, we’ve decided to create this platform to join together artistic projects with didactic content to attempt to reach, in the easiest and most comprehensive way, this reflexion to a large part of the society.

We believe that artistic projects accompanied by specialized texts are the best tool for any person, even those who haven’t  shown interest in this subjects before, to understand how as a society we need to reflect on our relationship with landscape and territory.

With this idea Panorama aims to become a big archive where anyone can meet and consult the different authors regarding this matters. And what’s also important, to contemplate them from different points of view.

 

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Panorama nace con una misión muy concreta: ayudar a crear/reforzar una conciencia global sobre los distintos retos que tenemos como sociedad en relación al territorio y al paisaje.

Para ello, hemos decidido crear esta plataforma que aglutina proyectos artísticos con contenidos didácticos para intentar hacer llegar, de la manera más fácil y entendedora posible, esta reflexión a un amplio conjunto de la sociedad.

Creemos que los proyectos artísticos acompañados de textos especializados son la mejor herramienta para que cualquier persona, aunque nunca antes se haya interesado por estos temas, pueda comprender que como sociedad tenemos que hacer una reflexión sobre nuestra relación con el territorio y el paisaje.

Panorama pretende con esta idea convertirse en un gran archivo donde cualquiera pueda conocer y consultar los distintos autores que trabajan en torno a estas cuestiones. Y lo que también es muy importante, contemplarlas desde distintos puntos de vista.

 

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Panorama neix amb un objectiu molt concret: ajudar a crear/reforçar una consciència global sobre els diferents reptes que tenim com a societat en relació al territori i al paisatge.

Per això, hem decidit aquesta plataforma que aglutina projectes artístics amb continguts didàctics per intentar fer arribar, de la manera més fàcil y comprensible possible, aquesta reflexió a un ampli conjunt de la societat.

Creiem que els projectes artístics acompanyats de textos especialitzats son la millor eina per a que qualsevol persona, tot i que no s’hagi interessat mai abans per aquests temes, pugui comprendre que com a societat hem de fer una reflexió sobre la nostre relació amb el territori i el paisatge.

Panorama pretén amb aquesta idea convertir-se en un gran arxiu on qualsevol pugui conèixer i consultar els diversos autors que treballen a l’entorn d’aquestes qüestions. I el que també és molt important, contemplar-les des de diferents punts de vista.

 

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In the project „No Running“ I deal with the water worlds in Berlin, because I was directly impressed by the diversity and variety of the swimming pools. There are 62 pools in total, which are very different because they date from various decades and sometimes even centuries. Over time I’ll try to capture all of them. 

From a swimmer‘s perspective, I observed that there are many „no photography“ signs in most of the pools, which only reinforced the need for me to do just that. It is important to me to capture the deserted space, as you don‘t know it like that and rarely see it, as it is a public place of encounter and movement. 

The subject matter allows for many questions; from the origin of the hygienic circumstances, as it used to be the best option to wash oneself, to survival through the ability to swim. But also what becomes of the place of the swimming pool when it is quiet and still, as in the photos, and what function it then has at all. The place itself as a parallel world to escape from everyday life for a short period of time – for whatever reason. 

Public pools can never be planned for the long term, as they are constantly changing and transforming in order to remain up-to-date and attractive. They are there to provide for society’s needs and describe the state of current society and what its focus is. It is impossible to say what bathing needs there will be in 20 years’ time, and with the ever increasing crises, in my opinion public pools will face major change. 

Especially the last years where challenging – first covid and now the big energy crisis: will the many swimming pools soon really be empty and do my pictures therefore perhaps show a reality of the near future?

Pia Henkel is a Berlin-based photographer born in 1995 in Herzberg am Harz, Germany.

When asked why she became a photographer, Pia often replies that it is because she doesn’t trust her eyes. While this may seem contradictory, it reflects the fact that her unique perspective has given her a deep appreciation for the complexity and beauty of the world, and a profound understanding of the power of images to convey emotion and meaning.

© Text and pictures by Pia Henkel

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