Cruising in the Repertoire of the Everyday

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​ Between September and November of 2016, I attempted to track, record, and archive every instance in which I cruised.  This data is compiled with relevant meta-data such as date, time, legible gender (which was male, in every case), race, the gesture that my body practiced, the colors which may have at first caught my eye, whether there was a glance exchanged, and miscellaneous notes.  In short, this experiment was meant to test the archivability of these moments that, in their great number, are so central to queer life.  If queer archives are archives of feeling, as Ann Cvetkovich suggests, then how might we understand those feelings of cruising, as fleeting and innumerable as they largely may be?  The project first, clarifies the use of the term “archive” as a material standard.  Then, I attempt to standardize my use of “cruising” as well.  As the attempt and standardization reveals ambiguity and ethnographic data reveals resistance to the archive, I attempt to locate cruising in theories of the everyday, and the repertoire.  Finally, I refer to the scenario as the means by which cruising and its affective minutiae may be recognized and remembered. 

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