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Queer Atmospheres Wojtowicz, Adam

Abstract

There exists an overlap between the work of Queer Aesthetics and Queer Ecology, specifically across the realm of naturalization. Long has nature been the realm of the Queer. However, in the Anthropocene, the natural ceases to exist as it once did apart from the artifice of human kind. Or, in the words of Donatella Versace, when asked if she would ever return to her natural hair colour, “Natural? What is natural?” If we exist in an epoch where the natural ceases to exist, where is the is the future of queer space? Between the work of Queer Ecology and Queer Aesthetics lies a common interest in negative space. In landscape architecture, the most ubiquitous and yet unseen negative space of all is the atmosphere. And, in atmospheric design, sensile experience joins bodies across spaces. Towards sensory entanglement, this graduate project proposes two bathing spaces in Squamish and on Mount Meager, pairing pleasure with an experience of a thickened edge between the water and air. This proposal seeks to design for the humidity in the atmosphere as a means to cultivate care for the unseen.

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Title
Queer Atmospheres
Creator
Wojtowicz, Adam
Date Issued
2024-05
Description
There exists an overlap between the work of Queer Aesthetics and Queer Ecology, specifically across the realm of naturalization. Long has nature been the realm of the Queer. However, in the Anthropocene, the natural ceases to exist as it once did apart from the artifice of human kind. Or, in the words of Donatella Versace, when asked if she would ever return to her natural hair colour, “Natural? What is natural?” If we exist in an epoch where the natural ceases to exist, where is the is the future of queer space? Between the work of Queer Ecology and Queer Aesthetics lies a common interest in negative space. In landscape architecture, the most ubiquitous and yet unseen negative space of all is the atmosphere. And, in atmospheric design, sensile experience joins bodies across spaces. Towards sensory entanglement, this graduate project proposes two bathing spaces in Squamish and on Mount Meager, pairing pleasure with an experience of a thickened edge between the water and air. This proposal seeks to design for the humidity in the atmosphere as a means to cultivate care for the unseen.
Subject
Atmosphere; Air; Humidity; Atmospheric Moisture; Populus; Negative Space; transpiration; queer ecology; Queer Aesthetics; Void; Populus; Lil'wat Territory; Squamish River; Squamish River Watershed; Meager Creek
Geographic Location
Squamish (B.C.)
Genre
Graduating Project
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. LARC 598
Date Available
2024-05-03
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0442277
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/88206
Affiliation
Applied Science, Faculty of; Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of
Campus
UBCV
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Copyright Holder
Adam Wojtowicz
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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