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WELCOME TO SWIMMING HOME

PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW TO GET READY FOR THE SHOW.

Open the app Mercurious NET, select Swimming Home and insert the unique code you received in the confirmation email. 

Preparation instructions!


For the show you will need: a swimsuit, swimming goggles and a towel.

The piece is to be experienced via headphones in your own bathroom.  If you have it a swimming hat to secure the headphones should you choose to use wireless in-ear headphones.

Make sure you have a bottle of shampoo or any product with a screw top that you can remove.

If you are experiencing the piece in your BATH: make sure you leave enough time to fill it up before the show start time. DO NOT immerse yourself just yet, you will be instructed to do so at the right time.

If you are experiencing the piece in a SHOWER:  please find a glass and place it upside down over the drain of your shower to block it momentarily and please make sure you have a plug for your sink too.

If you have mobility issues pre-set a chair next to the bath and feel free to use it for your comfort.
Make sure your bathroom is warm for the show. 

If you are concerned about your device' safety please connect it to an external speaker. Please be aware that the sound design contains elements of binaural sound which will not be detectable though a regular speaker. The show takes in consideration the safety of your equipment and instructs you on the best way to keep your phone safe at all times.


WATER WASTE
A couple of options to experience the show with minimum water waste.
1. Place a pan in the sink to gather water and re-use it at the end of the show. If you are doing the shower version you can use the water gathered in the pan at the beginning of the show, to fill up the sink when instructed to.
2. You can turn the taps on before you are instructed to and use your imagination. Please make sure you do turn them on and off even if it is for a short time.

Breathe. Dive in.

**MAKE SURE YOUR DEVICE IS CHARGED, THE VOLUME TURNED UP AND THAT YOU HAVE AN INTERNET CONNECTION**

BATH VERSION

SHOWER VERSION

Written and created by Silvia Mercuriali 
Narrating Voices - Silvia Mercuriali, Sam Booth and Simon Kane 
Swimmers voices - Amy Cooper, María Estévez-Serrano, Zed Lightheart, Amaia Mugica, Maia Rossi, Kazuko Ohki, Karen Le Roy Harris, Daniel Barnard, Nigel Blackwell
App Development -  Michele Panegrossi 
Underwater Recording - Lewis Gibson
Producer -  Giusi Di Gesaro 
Accordion - Gemma Brockis 
Swimming Home video project - Susanne Dietz 
Graphic Designer - Peter Arnold 


Produced by -  Giusi Di Gesaro 


With an extract from How To Read Water: Clues & Patterns from Puddles to the Sea by Tristan Gooley 

A special thanks to all of the swimmers interviewed for their stories and photos.
Thanks to Stuart Heyes for support, enthusiasm and advice.

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