SEMESTER 2 THE PUBLIC CLOSET GUIDED READINGS (GR)

References and resources for the project:

The readings were conducted in a form of a seminar discussion. Each session 3 students were tasked with summarising a reading for the class highlighting important arguments therein. 3 other students were tasked with identifying responses to the reading by bringing other readings/sources into the discussion.

GR 01: the Politics of Queer space and identity

Prescribed Readings in this session are critical academic texts and documentaries that discuss some of the issues and challenges around queer politics from both local and international perspectives: i-D (2017) Exploring Queer Identity with South Africa’s Born-Free Generation and LGBTQI Activists - Episode 1.

Ahmad, D. et al. (2021) Hopes and dreams that sound like yours: stories of queer activism in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Bell, D. and Binnie, J. (2004) ‘Authenticating Queer Space: Citizenship, Urbanism and Governance’, Urban Studies, 41(9), pp. 1807–1820. doi: 10.1080/0042098042000243165.

Canham, H. (2017) ‘Mapping the black queer geography of Johannesburg’s lesbian women through narrative’, Psychology in Society, (55). doi: 10.17159/2309-8708/2017/n55a6.

Mitchell, D., Scott, D.T., n.d. Towards a Queer Urban Design Methodology 8.

Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0Uk6L7kkdw (Accessed: 16 June 2021).

GR 02: From the HAUS to the Ball

Prescribed readings in this session focus on queer identity and expression. They include films, documentaries, music videos, artistic expression and academic texts

Hermanus, O. (2020) Moffie. Portobello Productions, Department of Trade, and Industry of South Africa. Livingston, J. (1990) Paris Is Burning. Art Matters Inc., BBC Television, Edelman Family Fund. Trengove, J. (2017) Inxeba. Urucu Media, Riva Filmproduktion, Das Kleine Fernsehspiel (ZDF).

GR 03: Queer Eye, design precedents

This session focuses on architectural and urban design projects that actively address design from and for queer identities. Included are built and speculative projects

La Brea Affordable Housing. 2013, West Hollywood, USA, Patrick Tighe Architects https://www.artconnect.com/projects/the-baths-for-queer-defense-and-de-liberation https://www.studentawards.corobrik.co.za/ian-mcbride https://219055409.wixsite.com/ndebelet/dressing-undressing-readdressing Reed, C. 1996. Immanent Domain: Queer Space in the Built Environment. Art Journal, Vol. 55, No. 4. Pp. 65-70.

Parra-Martínez, J., Gutiérrez-Mozo, M.-E. and Gilsanz-Díaz, A.-C., 2020. Queering California Modernism: Architectural Figurations and Media Exposure of Gay Domesticity in the Roosevelt Era. Architectural Histories, 8(1), p.14. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/ah.382 http://qspacearch.com/sanctuary https://static1.squarespace.com/static/574c26748259b5de67374fda/t/614468aedece47308a14c9b1/16318 73224209/ArchitectureLGBT+Scotland+Zine+Volume+One1.pdf