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Pier 45 End-of-the-World Party

“In responding towards the critical reevaluation of the subconscious and hierarchical precedent of mobility within architectural discourse, studio Roy primarily focused on transcalar representational techniques. Immediately, I was drawn towards stratigraphy and the residual embedded knowledge that is seemingly rendered lost under the tumultuous current of history. Within an urban context, I became interested in the motifs which the public use to understand this loss and its surrounding sociopolitical, such as within the process of graffiti.

When turning towards our site of Pier 45, I became enthralled by the rich yet hidden history of the Meatpacking District. I researched the infrastructural networks and history which made the area suitable for the processing of meat; this was compounded by the elusive BDSM/LGBT subculture which was prominent in the area around the turn of the century. I then subverted these infrastructures and staged a party with five different scenes, or “happenings.” Each happening receives its individual section and plan. From left-to-right: Meat Dinner; Yoga Party; Dive Party; Salvedge Hiking; and an Animal Farm Entrance.”