Narrative

The Underground above the Ground.

In a Future not so far away……….

In the Garment District when the evening begins, on the corner of 29th street and 6th avenue a group of strangers standing on the sidewalk are laughing and talking about the world that rejects them. These strangers are the center of attraction of all the people walking by, which are staring at them surprised for the unsusual garments that they are wearing. Suddenly, after the sound of a siren they dissapear into the dark 29th street, leaving no traces to follow them. But after a few minutes, the dark 29th street turns into a colorful display of lights spreading all over the street inviting the people to walk into an unusual and new building that was not there a few hours earlier. On each side of the building, extended elevated ramps invites the pedestrians to walk inside leaded by the curiosity, the sounds and lights that are displayed from the center of this mysterious building. As they approach into the core of the building, they start to wonder about a strange event that is going on below them. They see people cheering to a group of contestants walking on a runway dressed with exuberant and colorful garments. These garments looks familiar, like if they were have been exhibit during the day on that same street.
A few minutes later after they carefully observed, they start to understand how Fashion and this underground culture are now settled down in a place where they combined together without knowing the potential and qualities in which they are connected. On the 29th street of the Garment District stands a building with an unpredictable function and form. During the day it exhibits the Fashion Culture on the busy streets of the Fashion District by diplaying fancy and exuberant garments. But at night the building takes off his mask and changes his outfit, becoming a place where the Ball Culture emerges wearing the garments that were displayed during the day. Selected cross-dressed competitors will compete to display a moment of “realness”, a realness that has been hidden in the underground for decades.

While at night people from everywhere comes to this camouflaged place to watch, to question and to support the mysterious and obscure underground culture, during the day the building will give a push forward to the significance and potential of the Garment District.