This drawing presents a queer interpretation of the hotel room that fifty-year-old writer Aschenbach stayed in when he visited Venice as an escape from his rigorous lifestyle in Thomas Mann’s notorious novel ‘Death in Venice’. He starts to get in touch with his non-heteronormative erotic temptations in this interior space as he falls in love with fourteen-year-old Tadzio, who’s beauty is like no others. The drawing links the interiority of the hotel room to Aschenbach’s psychic interiority and makes Aschenbach the viewer so that we as viewers can experience his feelings through our eyes. Tadzio appears as Aschenbach’s fantasy image leaning completely nude against the ionic column showcasing him as a Greek god of the utmost beauty. His back is turned towards Aschenbach in a sort of teasing manner that causes destructive frustrations and confusions (all drafted in the background) in Aschenbach’s mind about his sexuality, which lead to the deterioration of the room.
