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Karachi Dargahs
scenes from a small Sufi shrine embedded in a tool / metal working / wood working bazaar, and from the Abdullah Shah Ghazi Dargah on Clifton Beach, June 2008
photos by markcareaga
according to BBC News, Abdullah Shah-Ghazi shrine is Karachi, Pakistan's biggest cruising ground.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/23811826
layout of the Stonewall Inn, New York City
A view of Morrison Hall / The Kinsey Institute seen walking through campus this morning. I’ve architecture on the mind lately. Bloomington, Indiana.
A Single Man, Floor Plan_1, taken from Interiors, a film and architecture journal in which films are analyzed and diagrammed in terms of space. Interiors presents a discussion about films in terms of architectural space, focusing on the use of space in cinema. http://www.intjournal.com/
space of the week: Kyle Bella
each week queerchitectures will spotlight the spaces, places, visual documentation and histories of an individual(s).
where was the first place you lived in?
i was born in Wisconsin and i grew up there for the majority of my life
how do you occupy queer space?
that is sort of the intention of my project, Queer Embraces.
i don’t really know yet. i don’t want to get too far into the project early on.
ask me in a month and i’ll get back to you.
what would be an ideal living space for you?
an apartment maybe?
…i’m really not prepared to answer this question.
do you have any requirements for a space?
i think as long as it’s moderately comfortable-
i’m not really able to be that picky.
as long as i’m in a neighborhood that i feel safe in too.
i’ve lived in a lot of cities.
what would be the qualities of a city that you would live in?
most important is public transportation- number 1.
number 2 is coffee shops! seriously- it has to be a city that has good coffee otherwise it wouldn’t be worth it.
but the first one is definitely- i mean i wouldn’t live in Los Angeles because it doesn’t have a very good public transportation system.
did you grow up in a suburban area?
it was a decent size city; i live in cities now.
that is the sort of lifestyle i want to have; there is something in terms of accessibility that happens in the city that doesn’t happen in the suburbs.
do you have any constants in your living spaces?
i’ve largely gotten rid of most things. i guess books- that’s about it.
but yeah, they always go with me even if they’re a pain to ship.
they are.
what are some structures or buildings that you are drawn to?
what i don’t like- let’s start there. this whole ugly 90’s skyscraper architecture in Portland and in Seattle. it’s all so ugly…all glass, not very cool.
i think what makes buildings exciting is how long they’ve lasted.
if there is some sort of enduring building in the city, say a landmark or monument it’s not necessarily the structure itself but the relationship that people have to a particular structure or building that is particularly interesting.
i mean i think the Golden Gate Bridge is one of the examples, outside of the Empire State Building (and maybe a few other buildings) that define an identify of a region.
-and then there’s the interiors of the buildings since they often get redone-
modernized.
modernized, in some ways.
i’m not necessarily interested in flashy buildings.
have you ever felt at ease in a space belonging to a friend, or a friend of a friend’s?
i haven’t felt comfortable in any of my friends places.
how about a public space?
Dolores Park.
what kind of colors do you like?
you know i like a lot of colors.
yes i do.
what was your last living space like?
i didn’t have a lot of furniture.
so it was sparse?
yeah, it was sparse.
as far as the distance between where you lived and the places you liked or needed to go to- how far would they be?
the last place I lived in was within 15 minutes of everything i needed.
where did you live last?
San Francisco.
what neighborhood?
technically it was the Mission. it was central to everything.
how would you characterize people there?
i don’t know. there’s not a lot of public interaction. generally, people are friendly. it’s a mixed neighborhood. you know, there’s some young people, some families that are working professional jobs, lots of Hispanic people, people from Central America. it’s pretty mixed.
how would you compare this space to the last place you lived?
there were no similarities at all whatsoever.
do you spend time more in the space you have your things in or outside of it?
i try to be inside or outside.
i try to make a balance.
Kyle Bella has been traveling for the past couple of months working on Queer Embraces, a cross-genre LGBTQ text that explores the role of ‘home’ in understanding what it means to embrace (and live) a queer life.
photos taken and used with permission by Kyle Bella.
Kudos to Ambassador Patrick Moon, the embassy staff, and the U.S. State Department for standing up against homophobia and transphobia in such a powerful and brilliantly colorful way.
put a rainbow on it by Reteaching Gender and Sexuality
turns an already skewering Portlandia piece into a snarky, campy, and critical observation of the rainbow in relation to space, identity politics and queerness.
Discover the world with Google Maps. Experience Street View, 3D Mapping, turn-by-turn directions, indoor maps and more across your devices.
A college friend who works for Google announced the new Google maps project they've been working on! Now one can personalize places and landmarks, with tons of customization capabilities.
What does this mean for queerchitectures?
This gives us the opportunity to locate and mark queer spaces, architecture, and infrastructure! We can now affectively queer own maps!
If you would like to collaborate with queerchitectures to help construct/deconstruct a changing global queer map, please contact us and/or spread the word to interested folks! It has been a dream project to map queer space as it shifts and changes in real time!
Gay-chitecture: When there's something about a building--or house or architectural icon--that pushes
oh my god this is wonderful
thank you empathies! please do share information relating to this Tumblr if you stumble upon it. would live to have you as a co-contributor!
Vita Sackville-West's Sissinghurst Castle Garden
known for her writings, her garden designs, and her passionate affairs with women, the most famous of which was Virginia Woolf, whom was the inspiration for Woolf's novel Orlando. more information on Vita and the Sissinghurst castle garden below:
http://vimeo.com/62068938
Vita Sackville-West Her Gardening Legacy
*photo by Jonathan Buckley
One of the biggest moments of Charles Renfro's career was becoming the missing third to an architectural power-couple.
an article from Out highlighting the life and work of architect Charles Renfro
more articles and info about Charles Renfro of diller scofidio + renfro architecture firm below:
The Naughty Architect: Charles Renfro, Mastermind of the Broad Museum
http://www.dsrny.com/
http://archleague.org/2011/02/charles-renfro/
Boom, a planned community slated for 100+ acres in Rancho Mirage, was originally conceived with gay people in mind, but straight...
10 architecture firms constructing a "gay desert utopia"
what does a queer utopia look like? what is this imagined space?
floor plan of Will Truman & Grace Adler's residence from television series Will & Grace by Iñaki Aliste Lizarralde
http://twistedsifter.com/2013/03/floor-plans-of-popular-tv-show-apartments/
interesting to think of the implications of 4D printing with the built environment and gender fluidity.
Open Call For Your Queer Spaces!
hello internet!
queerchitectures is now accepting submissions for imagery, work, and documentation of your spaces! this call actively seeks to engage on the state of queer spaces.
submissions could be in the form of art work, writings, film, documentation of your home/places of work/hang out spaces through photography, internet imagery you've gathered, etc.
works posted will be accepted through queerchitectures' Tumblr submission link below:
http://queerchitectures.tumblr.com/submit
