Piscina (2009) is the transposition into three-dimensional space of one of Jorge Macchi's watercolors. Since the mid-1990s, the artist has been drawing everyday objects in fantastical situations or with invented functions.
Thus, in the work installed at the Inhotim Institute, we see a swimming pool that resembles a telephone directory, with an alphabetical index on the steps of the staircase, inside the water. The difference between the dimensions of the paper and the real world, in addition to reinforcing its conceptual power, constitutes one of the main challenges of the work. The encounter between the artist's imagination and the materialization of the invented object also involves the physical experience of the viewer.
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![Robert Irwin, Untitled, 2019, [detail], stainless steel, concrete, glass, 6.3x14,6. Photo: William Gomes](https://www.inhotim.org.br/wp-content/webp-express/webp-images/doc-root/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/inhotim_acervos_sem_titulo_robert_irwin-1-705x900.jpg.webp)
![Rirkrit Tiravanija, Palm Pavilion, 2006-08, [exterior view], metal, wood, palm trees, various materials, varying dimensions. Photo: William Gomes](https://www.inhotim.org.br/wp-content/webp-express/webp-images/doc-root/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/inhotim_acervos_palm_pavilion_rirkrit_tiravanija-2-705x900.jpg.webp)
![Valeska Soares, Folly, 2005, [interior view], video transferred to DVD, 5', wood, glass, air conditioning, soundtrack The Look of Love, 250x1110 cm. Photo: William Gomes](https://www.inhotim.org.br/wp-content/webp-express/webp-images/doc-root/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/inhotim_acervos_galeria_valeska_soares_folly-1-705x900.jpg.webp)
![Marilá Dardot, The Origin of the Work of Art, 2002, [detail], 150 ceramic vases in the shape of letters, soil, seeds and gardening tools, varying dimensions. Photo: Pedro Motta](https://www.inhotim.org.br/wp-content/webp-express/webp-images/doc-root/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/inhotim_acervos_galeria_marila_dardot-2-1-705x900.jpg.webp)
