Created by the independent media platform PIN–UP in collaboration with living collectives House of GG, Lupinewood, and Ten of Cups Farm, the film reveals how these communities cultivate a profound sense of home while defying mainstream norms that often exclude queer people. Dream Homes simultaneously challenges and reaffirms the country’s emphasis on freedom, individualism, and ingenuity.
Throughout its history, the US has given rise to intentional communities united by shared values, ideals, and domestic space. The film Dream Homes chronicles three contemporary LGBTQIA+ communal living structures across the nation, exploring daily life in these rural and suburban sanctuaries.
Press The New York Times, Smithsonian, Wallpaper.
PIN-UP, “Dream Homes” | Official Trailer
PIN–UP 37, MUSEUMS,
guest-edited by Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen.
Cover: Dream Homes stills by Michael Cukr.
Fall Winter 2024/25.
Installation of “Dream Homes” by PIN–UP
in “Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial” at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
Photo: Elliot Goldstein © Smithsonian Institution.