"Queer-oglyphs" and a "genderf*ck" colour palette feature in an installation designed by Adam Nathaniel Furman and Australian practice Sibling Architecture as part of the National Gallery of Victoria's NGV Triennial.
Called Boudoir Babylon, the project celebrates queer aesthetics through a series of painted plywood volumes in NGV's Gallery Kitchen, which create different spaces for gathering and socialising.
Although the design incorporates stereotypically gendered colours such as baby blue and pink, these are recontextualised and subverted to challenge traditional notions of what is male or female. This is known in the LGBTQ+ community as a "genderf*ck".
Boudoir Babylon is made from painted plywood volumes "I see colour as a political, social, active agent within architecture and design, rather than something that's superficial and to be disregarded," Furman told Dezeen.
"Here it's specifically taking colours, which are referencing different gender stereotypes and the idea of the gender reveal. But it's very much a genderf*ck so they're all blended together. They're obviously referential but they don't have a proper hierarchy and they're not separated."
The installation occupies NGV's Gallery Kitchen
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