In 1968 the City of Lubbock Planning Department and the US Army Corps of Engineers, under the supervision of the Department of Defense, devised the Lubbock County Community Fallout Shelter Plan. The plan was eventually abandoned leaving behind traces of its paranoia. Beneath the Wells Fargo Bank building in downtown, one of the largest fallout shelters in Texas was built, closed, and eventually forgotten. Tunnels still exist beneath the Texas Tech University campus... In 1970 the Lubbock tornado left its mark on the town, another catastrophe this time in the form of environmental chaos. Lubbock, unable to shed its past, remains a town filled with mysterious traces of anxieties embedded in its architectural language. Blank logistical facades reveal little of what occurs inside, and suburban fronts do not divulge their inner fears. PARTY IN THE BUNKER considers both the paranoia and fantasy of the bunker space, exploring historical reality and urban legend. Animations by students from Texas Tech University are accompanied by footage of Lubbock taken during the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic using a camera system and mobilepower source aboard the Great Social-Distancing Vehicular Film Machine from which the film’s soundtrack was composed across the city.