EYE-CATCH: public programs
EYE-CATCH Fashion Show (9/19/26)
Please join SoRA our inaugural fashion show featuring wearable pieces by Jianing Zhao, Nathalie San Fratello, Tanner Kok, Lexi Fujita, and Dennis RedMoon Darkeem, winning stylists from the School’s EYE-CATCH! open call. Each stylist will showcase four looks inspired by the aesthetics and counter-aesthetics of the Attention Economy, brought to life by twenty models as our Dumbo Sanctuary transforms into a runway.
In addition to the runway, the fashion show will invite audiences to an attentional score designed in conversation with sartorial traditions, to be activated by audience members during the fashion show. The runway will be followed by an afterparty with light refreshments and DJ set by Simisola. Limited-edition upcycled merch with screen printed designs and a digicam photo zone will be open throughout the evening to enjoy!
Photos by Caleb Bryant Miller
EYE-CATCH! Fashion Exhibition Opening (10/01/26)
Join SoRA for the opening of our fall exhibition, EYE-CATCH! (October 1-30), presenting wearable pieces by Jianing Zhao, Nathalie San Fratello, Tanner Kok, Lexi Fujita, Dennis RedMoon Darkeem, and Kajal Ramrup that confront the monetization of attention in fashion. Visitors can enjoy a full video documentation of the fashion show on September 19 that showcased twenty looks in total from the designers, and observe the color, structure, and texture of selected pieces in close proximity. A collection of upcycled SoRA merch, screen-printed by Francesca Barr, will be available only for the night.
With a majority of the pieces constructed from secondhand or upcycled materials, EYE-CATCH! reaffirms that resistance to the commodification of our attention begins with our most intimate surroundings — by attending to the deep pasts, and possible futures embedded in the ways we clothe ourselves.
Photos Daniel Vaughan
