On a recent trip to my local leisure centre, I overheard two unconnected women speak to their children on separate occasions that hit me harder than my first ever dive into the pool. One told her son, “if you don’t get in the big pool, you’re gonna be black and blue” following his refusal to leave the children’s pool because he wasn’t feeling ready and was too scared. The second mother dropped the standard “watch when I get you home” line as her kid wasn’t brushing their hair fast enough in the foyer area. I had gone to the pool to relax but was left assessing how to avoid child violence, and instead, encourage growth and freedom.
Narvir Singh (b. 1989, London, UK, Punjabi) has an interdisciplinary practice that spans poetry, music, theatre, photography and film.
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