fantasy_lane (2024/2025) FantasyLane explores the complex interplay between digital desires and the intangible aspirations of homeownership within a financialized housing market, where the dream of owning a home becomes increasingly elusive.

The project culminates in a commentary on the blending of pleasure, anxiety, and the shifting concept of home amidst societal constructs, reflecting the broader housing crisis many face today.

FantasyLane is a work-in-progress, presented in a game engine. It features three different spaces narrated by an ASMR voice, simulating the experience of buying your first home. The 3D spaces are derived from the PropertySex channel on Pornhub.com and processed through a neural network (Neural Radiance Field) to recreate the environments in 3D. These environments are integrated into a game engine, allowing for navigation through the virtual spaces. The narration, inspired by ASMR YouTube videos that discuss contracts and floorplans, plays into the fantasy of homeownership. Within these virtual spaces, viewers can find comments left by the original viewers of the PropertySex videos, not about the sexual activity, but about the actual spaces where these activities take place.

FantasyLane is made in collaboration Antonia Hernández