Facunda Revuelty – Archiving Through Space: Trans Spatial Practices [english]

Facunda Revuelty – Archiving Through Space: Trans Spatial Practices

“This lecture reflects on the creation of a living archive through the collective restoration of the Hotel Gondolin, a long-standing self-managed housing project for the travesti/trans community in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Based on my direct involvement in the renovation process between 2022 and 2023, the talk explores how architecture can serve not only as a material intervention but also as a site of memory, care, and resistance.

Drawing from filmed interviews with residents and protagonists, over 1,500 photographs, and hours of audiovisual documentation, I examine how trans spatial practices have created a form of vital infrastructure that enables survival, existence, and the everyday projection of a livable future. The presentation also addresses the methodological and political challenges of documenting these spaces from within a militant architectural practice and considers how working with fragmentary, affective, and situated forms of knowledge can challenge disciplinary norms and shape alternative forms of archiving, opening new ways of thinking about spatial justice.”

Facundo Revuelta je architekt specializující se na veřejnou politiku a genderová a queer studia. Jeho práce, výzkum a aktivismus se zaměřují na rozvoj projektů v oblasti queer a trans bydlení a sdílení komunitních iniciativ. V letech 2022 až 2023 vedl rekonstrukční práce v hotelu Gondolin a nadále spolupracuje s tímto projektem, mimo jiné i s Archivo de la Memoria Trans, Bachillerato Mocha Celis a Futuro Trans.

místo konání: místo konání: FaVU VUT, Údolní 53 (vchod z ulice Úvoz 33), budova U1, učebna 314

Přednáška proběhne v anglickém jazyce.