Digital Research Presentation

"You are asked to investigate various aspects of world creation in Cruising. Students should choose a sub-topic, thenpresent detailed information about their main topic as a group. The aim is to immerse the entire class in a summary overview of each topic."

After watching the film, Cruising, the idea of the playroom peaked my interest. Spaces such as the Mineshaft and the Bookstore in the film, were locations designed to encapsulate the former outside activity of sex, within a newly specified location. These spaces don’t aim to restrain though, but rather house these activities. This aspect of restraint is subconscious in my designs, following the instinctual notion that one must hide such intimacies. My designs follow this idea of public vs private space, in regards to the playroom and the physical act of sex. The playroom is characteristic for being hidden within the home, but one shouldn’t neglect the fact that it occupys a space, another room within the plan or another organ within the body. The playroom is privatized yet publicizied in the way that the designer, inhabitants, users, audience, etc. are aware of or become aware of the space or so-called lurking presence in the dark.