During the visit to the Copenhagen Architecture Biennial, artist and philosopher Erik Vojevodin offered a ritual bath experience in the premises of the biennial’s gallery. The visitors, situated among the exhibits, were invited to themselves become an embodiment of the biennial’s theme ‘Slow Down’.

Erik Vojevodin’s experiment being presented at the Copenhagen Architecture Biennial. Pictures by Maeve Collins

Public Bath is a space to attend to one’s body and inner experience. What if a similar kind of attention and presence is enabled outside the bathing context? Perhaps public space is the bath, and we are the bathers? The project explores alternative modes of attention and being in public space. By offering tools to enhance one’s receptivity and awareness, the participant is invited to claim their experience as the work itself.

Erik Vojevodin’s experiment being presented at the Copenhagen Architecture Biennial. Pictures by Maeve Collins