{"id":116696,"date":"2025-07-25T11:04:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/?post_type=metro_program&#038;p=116696"},"modified":"2025-07-25T11:04:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:04:47","slug":"martin-rodriguez-jr-brings-queer-joy-to-taubman-college","status":"publish","type":"metro_profile","link":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/profiles\/martin-rodriguez-jr-brings-queer-joy-to-taubman-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Rodriguez Jr. Brings Queer Joy to Taubman College"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-sandow-article-header article-header\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-header\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"659\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//05//63560-05.jpg/" alt=\"A 3D visualization of a pink and orange gummy bear and candy themed architecture model.\" class=\"wp-image-116698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63560-05.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63560-05-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63560-05-1024x439.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63560-05-768x330.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Turn into Candy is a culinary journey that radically explores architectural processes \nof material research and form-making through cinematic concessions. In other words, Harbio Gummy Bears morph into architectural forms, transcending conventional boundaries and aesthetics. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group article-header_intro none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"article-date\" aria-label=\"Post Date\">July 25, 2025<\/p>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Martin Rodriguez Jr. Brings Queer Joy to Taubman College<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"summary size-regular\">The University of Michigan M.Arch student\u2019s digital work imagines the future through whimsical, candy-coated worlds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-sandow-byline byline size-regular\"><span>By: <\/span><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"//tag//alice-bucknell/">Alice Bucknell<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"social-share\"><li><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////www.facebook.com//sharer//sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprofiles%2Fmartin-rodriguez-jr-brings-queer-joy-to-taubman-college%2F\%22 target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M9 8h-3v4h3v12h5v-12h3.642l.358-4h-4v-1.667c0-.955.192-1.333 1.115-1.333h2.885v-5h-3.808c-3.596 0-5.192 1.583-5.192 4.615v3.385z\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////www.linkedin.com//sharing//share-offsite//?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprofiles%2Fmartin-rodriguez-jr-brings-queer-joy-to-taubman-college%2F\%22 target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M4.98 3.5c0 1.381-1.11 2.5-2.48 2.5s-2.48-1.119-2.48-2.5c0-1.38 1.11-2.5 2.48-2.5s2.48 1.12 2.48 2.5zm.02 4.5h-5v16h5v-16zm7.982 0h-4.968v16h4.969v-8.399c0-4.67 6.029-5.052 6.029 0v8.399h4.988v-10.131c0-7.88-8.922-7.593-11.018-3.714v-2.155z\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"http:////pinterest.com//pin//create//button//?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprofiles%2Fmartin-rodriguez-jr-brings-queer-joy-to-taubman-college%2F&amp;description=Martin+Rodriguez+Jr.+Brings+Queer+Joy+to+Taubman+College\%22 target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"> <path d=\"M12 0c-6.627 0-12 5.372-12 12 0 5.084 3.163 9.426 7.627 11.174-.105-.949-.2-2.405.042-3.441.218-.937 1.407-5.965 1.407-5.965s-.359-.719-.359-1.782c0-1.668.967-2.914 2.171-2.914 1.023 0 1.518.769 1.518 1.69 0 1.029-.655 2.568-.994 3.995-.283 1.194.599 2.169 1.777 2.169 2.133 0 3.772-2.249 3.772-5.495 0-2.873-2.064-4.882-5.012-4.882-3.414 0-5.418 2.561-5.418 5.207 0 1.031.397 2.138.893 2.738.098.119.112.224.083.345l-.333 1.36c-.053.22-.174.267-.402.161-1.499-.698-2.436-2.889-2.436-4.649 0-3.785 2.75-7.262 7.929-7.262 4.163 0 7.398 2.967 7.398 6.931 0 4.136-2.607 7.464-6.227 7.464-1.216 0-2.359-.631-2.75-1.378l-.748 2.853c-.271 1.043-1.002 2.35-1.492 3.146 1.124.347 2.317.535 3.554.535 6.627 0 12-5.373 12-12 0-6.628-5.373-12-12-12z\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"mailto:?body=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprofiles%2Fmartin-rodriguez-jr-brings-queer-joy-to-taubman-college%2F&amp;subject=Martin+Rodriguez+Jr.+Brings+Queer+Joy+to+Taubman+College\%22 target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M12 12.713l-11.985-9.713h23.97l-11.985 9.713zm0 2.574l-12-9.725v15.438h24v-15.438l-12 9.725z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column empty-header-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap size-regular\">G<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">ay rodeo clowns, melted gummy bear movie theaters, pink chickens, and glitchy trash towers\u2014the work of <a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////taubmancollege.umich.edu//portico//2023//11//10//help-taubman-college-build-tomorrow-martin-rodriguez-jr-s-story///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Martin Rodriguez Jr.<\/a> (M.Arch Taubman College, 2025) is loaded with delightful contrasts, video game\u2013inspired Easter eggs and plenty of queer joy. Rodriguez\u2019s candy-coated color palette glides across physical modeling and digital world-building, always grounded in a deep care toward <a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//projects//snohettas-la-nube-museum///">identity and accessibility<\/a>\u2014doubling down on pleasure and play. \u201cIf we see our subjects through a nonnormative lens,\u201d he asks, \u201chow can we apply more queerness and exuberance in spaces that erase that joy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Taking a page from <a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//viewpoints//queer-query-sci-arc///">queer culture<\/a>\u2019s relationship with archives and subtext, Rodriguez\u2019s research often begins with a deep dive into a site\u2019s queer past, before devising a program that both reanimates these histories and imagines worlds for possible futures. Rodeo, My Gay Rodeo (2022) draws on the legacy of the North American International Gay Rodeo Association, founded in Nevada in 1985, to unpack the 40-plus-year story of LGBTQIA+ rodeo culture. Set at the Clown Sanctuary and Performance Center in Detroit, the project brings together a diverse cohort of clowns and the many nonhuman protagonists who make a rodeo what it is. The result? A multispecies fun home with a boisterous blueprint (gym up top, barn on the bottom).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1978\" height=\"2560\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//05//63560-02-scaled.jpg/" alt=\"An illustration in pink and orange colors of a man on a bull and candy like tubes flying around. \" class=\"wp-image-116701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63560-02-scaled.jpg 1978w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63560-02-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63560-02-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63560-02-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63560-02-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63560-02-1583x2048.jpg 1583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1978px) 100vw, 1978px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rodeo, My Gay Rodeo is a clown sanctuary and performance center.   <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Meanwhile, Rodriguez\u2019s Turn into Candy! (2023) reimagines the movie theater that, with true \u201cduck\u201d style, embodies the saccharine stickiness of everyone\u2019s favorite bear-shaped concession. ADA-compliant escape chutes and a rare Midjourney x marzipan collab that saw the student melting heaps of sugary sweetness and remixing it in the <a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////www.midjourney.com//explore?tab=video_top\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Midjourney <\/a>machine to conjure the final form of this mixed-reality movie hall.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">What\u2019s next in the fun factory? Berlin\u2014a long-standing bastion of multimedia experimental art and <a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//profiles//bzippy-bari-ziperstein-ceramics///">queer expression<\/a>\u2014is an apt possibility on Rodriguez\u2019s horizon. With an impressive grasp of game engine world-building, as seen in Gashapon and Gathering (both 2023)\u2014which explore queer collectible culture in Japan and the gay icon of garbage, respectively\u2014Rodriguez makes video games offer another promising medium. Wherever his work takes him, his practice embodies the joyful multiplex of queer design and the urgent need for playful, resilient, and open-ended world making today.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1978\" height=\"2560\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//05//63560-09-scaled.jpg/" alt=\"A mixed use art of a proposition studio with multiple layers of building facade elements. \" class=\"wp-image-116702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63560-09-scaled.jpg 1978w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63560-09-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63560-09-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63560-09-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63560-09-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63560-09-1583x2048.jpg 1583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1978px) 100vw, 1978px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">House-ish Series: The Theatre Made Me Do It, Proposition Studio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1978\" height=\"2560\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//05//63560-06-scaled.jpg/" alt=\"A man sitting outside a pink public bath space with this back facing the image.\" class=\"wp-image-116703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63560-06-scaled.jpg 1978w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63560-06-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63560-06-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63560-06-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63560-06-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63560-06-1583x2048.jpg 1583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1978px) 100vw, 1978px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">QuerBlock, Collective Studio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"comment size-regular\">Would you like to comment on this article? 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