Project Description
Uncovering and preserving the cultural and architectural history of the Neptune Club, a former gay bar in Milwaukee. This project aims to address the erasure of LGBTQ histories by documenting the building's current condition, exploring archival materials, and gathering firsthand accounts from its current owner and former patrons. By walking the site with those who experienced its past, the research will trace remaining architectural elements and explore how physical spaces encode cultural memory. Additionally, the project seeks to contribute to broader conversations about adaptive reuse and the significance of preserving marginalized histories. The findings will support the Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project’s archive, ensuring these narratives remain accessible to future generations.
Tasks and Responsibilites
Explore and develop innovative methods for uncovering and representing histories that are often hidden or erased, particularly those tied to marginalized communities, such as participatory mapping, engaging unconventional archives, and reconstructing historical atmospheres. Create dynamic outputs that reveal the ways architectural space embodies social and cultural memory, through the development of innovative modes of representing architectural space in both written as well as two-dimensional and three-dimensional explorations.
Desired Qualifications
None Listed.