SPECTRA Program Guide

Official AFW After Party

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LIGHTfaktor page 6/7

Wes Lane page 8/9

Jayne Farrell page 10

Waterstone page 11

Topher Adam page 12/13

René Geneva page 14/15

Clever Maven page 16

Performers page 17

Models page 17

Entertainment page 18/19

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What better place to bring the passion of light, fashion, and music together with a unique twist than Austin Fashion Week’s Official After Party. Sit back, have a drink, and enjoy this experience and the journey of “SPECTRA”.

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SPECTRA was the brain child of Wes Lane and Jayne Farrell, with a concept of blending lighting design and fashion into a spectacular experience. They brought together talents from across the globe, incorporating Award-winning fashion designer René Geneva, Award-winning hair and make-up stylists from Waterstone Salon, the interactive event designers from Clever Maven, and introducing an Avant-Garde collection Torn by designer Topher Adam - owner of Dark Beauty Magazine and SX Couture.

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sponsers

contributors

catering sponsored by Judges Hill Restaurant - www.mansionatjudgeshill.com SugaPlump Pastries - www.sugaplumppastries.com Maria Maria’s - www.mariamariarestaurants.com

Program Layout by Topher Adam, THE DARK NOVELER www.topheradam.com Photo: Topher Adam Photography Model: Kayla Marie Cromer MUA/HAIR: Michelle Mary Maria Sue

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Crystal Nights Custom mood enhancing chandelier, specially built for Austin Fashion Week’s Spectra Event.

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5’ tall, 4’-0” diameter double-wall chandelier composed of 6 custom laser cut polished aluminum wings with RGBW LED driven glass fiber strands

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2,136 - 30mm glass crystals lit by 24 RGBW fiber downlights, 1 - 125mm glass crystal at center of chandelier lit by one RGB LED

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16 chanel DMX with 4 individual RGBW zones for ultimate color control

This chandelier is a one of a kind light sculpture and will be part of a numbered limited edition series.

List price

$24,000

Special VIP show price

$16,000

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LIGHTfaktor Design Studio LIGHTfaktor Design Studio brings functionality and creativity to any atmosphere. LIGHTfaktor is an independent, but diverse consulting firm. We are committed to representing the highest quality lighting products available, with their unique blend of modern architectural and decorative lighting masterpieces.

LIGHTfaktor is ahead of their time with the top trends, technical advancements, and unique designs in lighting. Their expertise focuses on modern aesthetics and deep technical knowledge. With their vast experience in lighting combined with design, LIGHTfaktor understands the fine balance of comfort and functionality in designing the right lighting for the right atmosphere.

LIGHTfaktor takes your ideas, and turns them into real, useable pieces of light art that reflect you and your home or office needs. www.lightfaktor.com (512) 576-1158

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In the summer of 2000, Wes founded Solux Design in Austin, Texas. Solux was a high end lighting showroom with a focus on contemporary decorative and architectural products. Expanding his talents, Wes applied his knowledge and talent to many successful projects throughout the U.S., in both lighting design and custom fixture designs: fabrication of fixture for restaurants, boutiques, night clubs, high-end residences and pools.

Wes’ lighting creations have been included on many AIA Homes Tours. In 2004 Wes designed the Lighting Laboratory at the University of Texas School of Architecture, a state-of-the-art resource for students to incorporate lighting into their projects. In 2005 Wes assisted the UT School of Architecture with their Solar Decathlon entry.

In 2006 Wes received a platinum Award for Design Excellence (ADEX) for a custom designed pendant “Shinmauri” which was hand crafted by the noted Los Angeles-based Satori Light Sculptures. He also received 2 platinum and a gold ADEX award in 2007 for cubed, cubozoa, and pen-will, respectively.

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In 2007 LIGHTfaktor opened its doors as an independent lighting design firm with the focus on custom fixtures and fabrications while implamenting the latest advancements in lighting technology and modern design. While using the latest techniques LIGHTfaktor makes use of automated lighting and DMX controls, bringing a new twist and life to each project. With each client his craftsmanship continues to grow as does the demand for Wes’ expertise…

wes lane

Lighting Designer Wes Lane began his career in lighting as a product design engineer for High End Systems (www.highend.com), an industry leader in the entertainment and theatrical lighting industry. During his nine years with High End, his focus was on the design of cutting edge automated lighting instruments.

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Jayne Farrell, partner at LIGHTfaktor.

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Jayne Farrell - Design Entrepreneur and proud mother of two – joined the LIGHTfaktor team in 2011 as Public Relations and Operations Manager.

She has watched Austin grow since 1995. Jayne brings creative inspiration to the team at LIGHTfaktor, as well as fire and drive to grow in new exciting directions.

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Gaining a broad art network from her travels, Jayne felt inspired to cross creative bridges and bring lighting elements into other art and design arenas. She handpicked our team of Spectra designers to explore the expanding technological advancements in electronic textiles.

Jayne has pushed boundaries with Spectra, by fusing her passions for lighting and fashion, into one decadent show. She is excited to see her creative vision for the event take form.

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Clever Maven is at the forefront of creatively blending brands with unique events to deliver powerful messages that resonate with audiences We have a history of creatively integrating art, technology, performance, music, media, and interactive elements into unforgettable experiences.

CHROMA – The Official SXSW 2011 Interactive Opening Event featuring large-scale displays of live digital art and world-class live painters, burlesque performances, live music, and costumed figure models.

CODEX - The DMTrmx launch at SXSW

2012– The acclaimed launch event for the DMT Remix Project featuring cutting edge performances blended with live digital artist and demonstrations on a massive 40’ projection wall.

SPECTRA - The Official AFW Finale intersecting lighting design with fashion in a spectacle fit for the Austin Fashion Week VIP. Clever Maven Experiential. We are storytellers obsessed with crafting sensational experiences.

The medium is the message. Our message is the experience.

Past clients include, Conceptart.org, The Art Department, Maxon, Smirnoff, C3, Google Places, Dos Equis, Mirrorball, The Driskill, Movember, and at&t.

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Clever Maven team members have brought to life:

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Collection Description: “There is covenant of witches, they are all in the darkness and in the depths of a cursed dark foggy forest gathering twigs, and elements for their feast and incantations to evoke the spirits to come back from the underworld to visit and dance naked in spiritual bliss of the shadows of the ravens, together they bring in the storms of darkness and celebrate with the natural elements of life, to them they are TORN between the Past, Present and Future� ~ Topher Adam 2012

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Topher Adam, SX Couture knows his AVANT-GARDE world and style. Owner and Editor and Chief of Dark Beauty Magazine, Topher Adam presents the world with high fashion and conceptual fashion for the all to see. Having worked in fashion for over 20 years, Topher Adam has something to say and he is ready to help new and emerging artist bring their artistry to life.

Having been a semi-finalist on Project Runway, not making it to finals boosted his ambition to find what matters most isn’t the public view, its the personal connection with his garments to each client. “There is more to fashion then wearing rags to make you look good, you have to wear the rags to have it make you FEEL good” Special Thanks to my partner Carl Chen for all he does and the continued support over all these years of my creative explorations.

Y-I-N-E-!

Check out his work at: www.sxcouture.com www.darkbeautymag.com www.topheradam.com

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SX Couture (Skull n’ Crossbow) brand was started four years ago. His style is a perfect blend of dark edge and old world fashion.

Topher Adam is inspired by Victorian fashion forward thinking and bringing the elements of the past infused with a modern and unique way.

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After a two year hiatus from fashion to further her education in Solar Photovoltaic Engineering and spend time with her family, René Geneva is back on the scene with a small, innovative collection called ‘Technique’ for Spring/Summer 2013.

Geneva’s designs have been seen from the runways of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week to the floors of Whole Foods Market, and specialty boutiques worldwide. Her last collection to date was presented in Vienna, Austria by the US Embassy under a Fulbright-Hayes grant in 2010.

Check out her work at: http://EcoChicClothing.com Yoga Pants: http://Assanas.com Baby Line: http://DenaturedClothing.com Solar PV: TexasIndieSolar.com

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rené geneva

Since 1997, René Geneva has been creating unique, eco-chic fashions with René Geneva Design. Her works holds in high regard social and environmental responsibility and includes eco friendly materials including rare, handmade textiles from indigenous peoples and small villages around the globe.

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waterstone

Blanca Urano’s love affair with the fashion industry was ingrained from the start. After being recruited by an agency at the tender age of 12, she began modeling for publications such as Vogue, Italian Vogue, GQ, and Mademoiselle. During that time, she had the pleasure of working with acclaimed photographers such as Bruce Weber and Peggy Sirota. If a life of beauty and fashion wasn’t already cemented, it was after opening Waterstone Salon at the end of 2008 with her husband Timothy.

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With nominations for Best Salon during Austin Fashion Week 2009 and 2010, Waterstone’s talented stylists(hair, makeup and fashion) put on some of the most talked about runway shows of each year, raising money for charities benefiting Locks of Love and the tsunami victims in Japan. A business built on service as much as fashion, Waterstone is dedicated to customer satisfaction.

Whether it be an outside-of-the-box coif or a more natural look, their stylists have the “eye” and the skill to execute.

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Ciara Blossom

Brynn Route

Amanda Terese

Modern Pointe Ballet performance by Sky Van Vliet

performers

Performance wardrobe by:

Allie Feldman -- Nyx Models Ashia Brown -- Wilhelmina Brown Ayella Ahmed Caitlyn Tracy -- Webber Productions Dalia Drake David Bates -- Wilhelmina Brown Deanna Noriega Demi Barrington -- Wilhelmina Brown Eight Elle Lamont -- Pastorini-Bosby Agency Eva Strangelove Gbemi Federa -- Wilhelmina Brown Harmony Jorden Jade Love Jenna Jasso Jonathon Horstmann Lee Ann McAdoo Lucy Secord

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Maranda Lampe Maria Engler -- Webber Productions Mary Mejia Rachel Theo Ramsey Montigney Shelby Bullard -- Page 713 Sky Van Vliet Teresa Cantu Vanadia Badillo

models

Jade Love: Besides being a stage design artist specializing in sacred geometry and mapping structures, Jade Love is a nationally touring performer and professional artist with a main focus on fire and light performance, and graphic/digital art. Jade also is a certified personal trainer, flow arts instructor, graffiti artist, and airbrush artist.

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ARTheism Topher Sipes is lead visualist, creative director and co-founder of ARTheism, the live “dance-imation” performance company specializing in combining real time, projected animation over the canvas of a dancing body and/or performing musicians. ARTheism’s visuals differ from most due to dancelike, improvisational visual control via multitouch pad/digital drawing tablet facilitating an unparalleled humanization of technology.

The company was founded by Topher and Samantha Beasley (lead dancer, choreographer) in Spring 2011 and has since performed at festivals, music venues, private gatherings, art shows, auditoriums and more plus periodically shares interactive, intermedia workshops. This Fall, ARTheism continues to perform with a wider range of movement artists, will be artists in residence with hooper, Brecken Rivara, at the Penasco Theater in New Mexico, and is scheduled to direct, produce and perform Texas State University’s Fall Common Experience Concert. www.artheism.net

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CORDUROI: Corduroi is about re-imagining the past while reworking the present. Corduroi came into being in 2005, as Texas native Cody Wilson began playing with sampling live instruments through his computer’s microphone to try to capture the nostalgic and fanciful feel of childhood. Everything he could get his hands on, including guitar, ukulele, glockenspiel, toy piano, accordion, and trumpet made the mix. He took the name Corduroi from his favorite childhood book, Corduroy The Bear as a symbol of that nostalgia. Once he moved to Austin, and started to draw influences from electronic producers such as Kraftwerk and more recently Flying Lotus, and add those influences to the mix, his music developed into how it sounds today. Smooth and catchy, yet lively and high-spirited, Corduroi’s sound draws inspiration from various genres and musical eras, distilling them into minimal electro-pop. There is an unmistakable magic in manipulating and reproducing music. Corduroi is all about the exploration of that magic.

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THE WAVE FARMERS

Dj Manny / Dj Bigface This dynamic duo have been saving lives and shaking butts on the dance floor since their first encounter in 2001. Multimedia, Costumes and Funk are always part of their stage presence. In 2006 they formed the band called “ Starlynx� with MC Tiger Liu. Peace, Love, Unity and having fun is their motto. Changing the world one party at a time.

Dj Manny: http://iscratchvinyl.com/ Bigface : http://djbigface.com/

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entertainment

The Wave Farmers is an electro-acoustic improv project featuring Michael Hale of Gift Culture on digital hand drums, Aaron Anthony of Artificial Life Preserver on sequencer, and Jen Mulhern on the electric cello. The Wave Farmers cover a wide variety of sonic landscape from glitchy/psychedelic downtempo to electro-acoustic breaks. With collective music releases on Psymbolic--sounds, Organic Records, and Latchkey Records, The Wave Farmers is sure to bring you a night of experimental crossover electronic jam music that is not to be missed. The Wave Farmers have played some of the best Texas Music, Art and Consciousness events, including Art Outside 2011, Soulrise, the DMTRMX launch for SXSW, East Austin Studio Tour, Euphoria and more...

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