Cruising Pavilion: Architecture, Dissident Sex and Cruising Cultures

Edited by Pierre-Alexandre Mateos and Charles Teyssou, Cruising Pavilion maps how cruising cultures have shaped architectural and urban environments. The 432-page volume builds a typology of spaces produced by sexual subcultures — parks, restrooms, streets, sex clubs, bathhouses — alongside the virtual geographies that emerged with dating apps. Essays and case studies trace how artistic avant-gardes have worked at the intersection of sex, art, and architecture, following the eponymous curatorial project initiated by Mateos, Rasmus Myrup, Octave Perrault, and Teyssou, which travelled from Paris to Venice, New York, Fire Island, and Stockholm. Designed by Natasha Agapova. Thread-sewn softcover.