Swimming Without Water is a contemporary art exhibition in Moseley Road Baths, which I think it’s fair to say, is not your usual art venue. New works have been commissioned for the non-gallery space and they will be on show between 18th February and 15th March. Here’s some more info:

The artists, Debbie Akam, Flora Gare, and Tim Skinner, are working to bind their works with this glorious, historic building, to re-enliven it, to repopulate it through an engagement with the building and the audience (both swimmers and non-swimmers from Moseley Road and beyond) through the medium of art.

For profiles of the artists involved you can visit the Swimming Without Water artists page.

Swimming Without Water is a group exhibition taking place in January 2010 at Moseley Road Bath Centre.

Contemporary artists Flora Gare, Debbie Akam and Tim Skinner will create a site-specific exhibition with the aim of encouraging the local and wider community to rediscover Moseley Road Baths and experience them in a different way. It will also potentially help towards the conservation of a building of historic importance.

The Friends of Moseley Road Baths are currently campaigning to secure the building’s future. You can find out more about that on their website.