PARASITE celebrates the nonconforming and reveals how space for innovation and creativity can be found between rules, order, and expectations. Sculptures and installations intervene directly in the daily life of the swimming pool — they disrupt routines, shift perceptions, and open up new experiential spaces. Inspired by Michel Serres’ theory of the parasite, PARASITE explores how productive interference can be worthwhile.

TROPEZ, too, is a kind of parasite: an art space in a public swimming pool in Berlin’s Wedding district. Each year, this non-profit institution invites young international artists, many of whom are exhibiting in Berlin for the first time.