- WORK
- Circus Disco
- Cosmic Pulse
- Planet Nomi
- En Otro Nivel
- Rhythm of the Night
- El Fin Del Sol
- INFINITY
- ABOUT
Circus Disco
Installation
Brand Identity
Visual Identity
2024—2025
Brand Identity
Visual Identity
2024—2025
Circus Disco was the longest-running LGBTQ+ Latinx nightclub in Los Angeles, operating from 1975 until its demolition in 2016. Located in Hollywood, it became a sanctuary for queer, Latinx, and underrepresented communities, offering a space for joy, expression, resistance, and belonging.
This project began as my MFA thesis at Otis College of Art and Design, where I created three interlocking installation pieces using colored plexiglass, each referencing the architecture, signage, and visual spirit of the original Circus Disco nightclub.
A year later, I returned to the work and expanded it into a full brand identity system, reimagining Circus Disco as both a commemorative brand and a speculative event rooted in memory.
Through color, material, and scale, the work becomes a physical reminder of how vital and fragile these spaces are. The piece invites reflection on what has been lost and encourages the ongoing preservation of queer spaces.
The foundation of this project lies in the idea of ephemeral architecture, how queer spaces are often beautiful, fleeting, and vulnerable to disappearance.
Using transparent, brightly colored plexiglass, I created sculptural forms that interlock like dancers on a dancefloor, evoking how queer communities build—and lose—spaces together.
To expand the project into a cohesive brand identity, I imagined a speculative event honoring the legacy of Circus Disco, and designed visual assets that could exist within that world.
Queer spaces like Circus Disco have always been vital sites of community formation, particularly for queer people of color. As gentrification, displacement, and systemic neglect continue to erase these safe spaces, the act of documenting, remembering, and honoring them becomes a necessary radical gesture.
This project emphasizes the importance of designing not just for the future, but for the memory of what once was.
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