The LA Swimmer — 43123 Pools I Have Not Visited and Never Will

Imagine swimming across Los Angeles as if pool-by-pool they form a river through the city; 43123 oases stitched together in a desert of hyper-urban reality. You float unabashed down your unmapped highway of water, but are confronted very quickly by the fact that you are not welcome in this realm of kidney and clover bowls, Olympic-sized parallelograms, and hot tubs. Threatened by an unforgiving obstacle course of disgruntled homeowners and an impending court order you continue from pool to pool, your reconciliation awaiting you in the next chlorinated ecosystem.

Concept & Idea

Benedikt Groß / Joseph k. Lee

Programming

Sures Kumar / Benedikt Groß

Route Calculation

Stefan Landsbek

Footage

Google Street View API

Special Thanks

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