Social Pool

Social Pool is an artwork created in 2014 by the Austrian artist Alfredo Barsuglia. The work consists of a swimming pool that is five feet deep, five feet wide, and eleven feet long. The pool is in an isolated location in the Mojave Desert in Southern California, United States. The pool was open to anyone to use, but users of the pool must contact the West Hollywood art institute, the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, to obtain the GPS coordinates and a key to open the cover. As stipulated by the artist, only one person or a small group may use the pool and the key must then be returned to the MAK Center within 24 hours. Users must also take a gallon of water with them to replace any water that has evaporated from the pool. The exact location of the pool was originally intended to remain unknown to the general public, however, aerial photography from Google Maps reveals its location to be in southwestern San Bernardino County at approximately 34.4494°N 116.7239°W / 34.4494; -116.7239 (Social Pool). The pool officially closed on September 30, 2014, though it continued to see use until it was vandalized in April or May 2016.

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