The Fraternity Home as a Private Space

A rear view picture of Pent House, the chapter house of Pi Kappa Alpha.

A picture of the bathroom in which I use every single day with shattered glass on the ground. This is a normal after-party occurence and something that I am obliged to clean up. This is my private space conflicting with other people's social/party space.

This is a picture of where our microwave was found after a party, on the ground. Later it was discovered to be broken. A basic home amenity, unusable due to conflicting ideas of space.

The kitchen of Pent house after a party the night before. Very dirty. It is clear that other people do not respect the cleanliness of those that live within the house.

Some pictures of the main room of Pent the morning after a party. As you can see, this space has been disrespected and disregarded. There is no furniture, the ground is covered with mud, and there is a dirty mattress on the floor. By living in this house, you give up certain basic amenities that are taken for granted.

A video of the mess that can be made by other people within our home. Notice how our belongings are broken as well. This is a direct result from the competing views of meaning that this place has for different audiences.

The local student body's social and party perspective of the fraternity home collides with those that live in the home. To the tenants, it represents a private space, one where you can expect to shower, clean, cook, eat, and sleep, among many other things. With a large audience that sees the home as a public and social wasteland with no rules, many of these basic amenities are denied to us on a daily basis.

The pictures featured show the collateral of what happens when there are competing views for this site of memory.