This small exhibition features anticipatory site drawing of the Manutahi Pool, a concrete vessel and a ubiquitous or generic pool structure. The work established an early language of ritual and anthropometric making.

When the vessel is left filled for an extended period, the surface becomes darkened, and variant patches of dampness can be seen. It is most noticeable around surface imperfections.

As my access to images of the site was limited to satellite and remote imaging for digital maps, I designed the drawing to reflect this type of distant, impersonal observation. Over the course of a week or so, I developed a CAD model of the pool using measurements exclusively from the satellite map images, and the few disparate images found through online archives, with small hints of estimation when necessary. The model served as a base for the proportions of the image.

As they draw closer, the drawing nears their eye level, and the vessel nears their hand.

The pool both served as a helpful tool to generate some ideas in material thinking, and to establish some immediate iconography for the exhibit. Its tiles were made from the outset to be generic, and platonic. I utilized this to present a though compact, normal pool to be compared against the curious nature of the Manutahi site.