SPRINT | Talk | CRUISING PAVILION: Architecture, Dissident Sex and Cruising

Talk | Conversation between Pierre-Alexandre Mateos & Charles Teyssou What happens to architecture when desire becomes a way of navigating the city? Cruising Pavilion: Architecture, Dissident Sex and Cruising Cultures (Spector Books, 2026) examines how cruising has appropriated, transformed, and produced spaces subverting the libidinal cartography and the use of the modern metropolis — from parks, public toilets and streets to bars, clubs, bathhouses and dating apps. In this talk, editors Pierre-Alexandre Mateos and Charles Teyssou discuss the book’s history, case studies and the queer spatial practices that challenge the organisation of urban life. – Charles Teyssou is a curator based in Paris and Artistic Director of Stavanger Secession, Norway. He has co-curated projects at Centre Pompidou, Bourse de Commerce and LUMA Arles, as well as Art Basel Paris Conversations. He co-edited Cruising Pavilion (2026). – Pierre-Alexandre Mateos is an independent curator, art critic and editor based in Paris. He has co-curated projects at Centre Pompidou, Bourse de Commerce and LUMA Arles, as well as Art Basel Paris Conversations. He co-edited Cruising Pavilion (2026). SATURDAY 28 NOV 5.00 PM ⭢ start on time 👀 😱⏱️ 📍Dropcity Via Sammartini, 64 The talk – in English – is part of the SPRINT Milano Art Book Fair Public Program | 27–28–29 NOV 2026 ⭢ sprintmilano.org SPRINT is a non-profit, artist-led organization, produced by the associations O’ & GALATTICA