January 29, 2014 - April 27, 2014
Metamorphosis: Clothing & Identity
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February 1, 2018
Obiko ~ Craft of the Costume art-to-wear fashion show
This is the second part of an entry I wrote about a vinyl LP, the soundtrack to the film, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, with a score by Philip Glass (link to part one below). I used the intro to the film for this fashion show I produced for Sandra Sakata (link below) of the San Francisco art-to-wear boutique, Obiko.
Craft of the Costume - 1992
program cover
photo by Styrous®
The event was held on August 5, 1992, as a benefit for The San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum at Fort Mason also in San Francisco. It featured Obiko designers and was held in the
Cowell Theater also at Fort Mason.
The show had been in production for several months. Usually I was only in charge of the production, choreogrphy, music, lighting and coordination of it all for the show but this time I was chosen to design the set for the production as well. My design was simple; sparse, etherial and airy with only spots of white fabric stratigically placed on the stage to be lit with various colors at various times during the show.
A week before the show, we were told a play was to be staged the day AFTER our show, however, the set was in the process of being built as it was a large set that would take time to construct. I figured, OK, I can work with whatever they had; so, I went to see the construction only to discover the play was set in the Midwest and took place in a farmhouse. Totally, unetherial, unsparse and unairy. I thought to myself, "𝕱µ©∑!"
But I solved the problem by having Obiko designer, Arial Bloom, open the show as a mid-west housewife sweeping her porch, falling asleep then dancer, Agusta Moore, visiting her in a dream. The costume Moore is wearing was designed by Kayla Kennington.
The video below is the opening of the fashion show. The complete video of the show is in the archives of the Textile Arts Council of the M. H. de Young Museum located in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
photo by Geoffrey Moore
The video below is the opening of the fashion show. The complete video of the show is in the archives of the Textile Arts Council of the M. H. de Young Museum located in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
Craft of the Costume opening video
music by Philip Glass
costume by Kayla Kennington
music by Philip Glass
costume by Kayla Kennington
The lighting was designed by Phillip Hofstetter (link below) and the video was shot by Don Bright.
Viewfinder links:
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Part One: Philip Glass ~ Mishima
Obiko
Yukio Mishima
Philip Glass
Phillip Hofstetter
Styrous® & Fashion
Obiko
Yukio Mishima
Philip Glass
Phillip Hofstetter
Styrous® & Fashion
Styrous® ~ Thursday, February 1, 2018
January 18, 2014
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles Exhibition ~ Metamorphosis - Clothing & Identity
Chador for Two Worlds
1984, Ina Kozel
January 29: Press Preview 1:30 pm
February 9: Member's Walkthrough 1-2pm and
Opening Reception 2-4 pm
rsvp@sjquiltmuseum.org
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
February 9: Member's Walkthrough 1-2pm and
Opening Reception 2-4 pm
rsvp@sjquiltmuseum.org
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
520 South First Street
San Jose, CA 95113
408.971.0323 x20
www.sjquiltmuseum.org
Twitter: @SJQuiltMuseum
Facebook: San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
San Jose, CA 95113
408.971.0323 x20
www.sjquiltmuseum.org
Twitter: @SJQuiltMuseum
Facebook: San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
Metamorphosis: Clothing & Identity is a retrospective of the San Francisco Bay Area Art-to-Wear movement
and traces the evolution of the rich history and legacy of this genre
from its inception in the 1960s to the current group of second
generation designers that are creating their own one-of-a-kind,
handmade, artful garments. The exhibition will also present a
“metamorphosis” of clothes that transcends functional attire and becomes
sculptural manifestations of symbolic ideas that challenge our notion
of clothing and identity.
Comprised of approximately 60 pieces, Metamorphosis
will chart the development of the San Francisco Bay Area Artwear movement starting
from the original Levi’s “Denim Art Contest” of 1973 all the way through
the works of contemporary designers. Included is an eclectic display of
art-to-wear garments, as well as textiles, drawings, wall hangings,
large-scale installations, and original ephemera from significant
historical artwear exhibitions.
During the run of the exhibition there will be a continuous viewing of the video of a fashion show I produced for Sandra Sakata's Art-to-Wear boutique, Obiko, taped on April 30, 1989, at Fort Mason in San Francisco. Some of the designers in the Metamorphosis exhibition are featured in the video.
During the run of the exhibition there will be a continuous viewing of the video of a fashion show I produced for Sandra Sakata's Art-to-Wear boutique, Obiko, taped on April 30, 1989, at Fort Mason in San Francisco. Some of the designers in the Metamorphosis exhibition are featured in the video.
Originally denoting handmade textiles
from traditional processes, artwear has come to encompass a wide breadth
of techniques, including shibori, felting, crochet and knitting, hand
painting, clamp resist dyeing, pleating, quilting, and sewing. The
exhibition showcases work by influential founders of the Artwear
movement, each with their own recognized technique and aesthetic. These
artists include: Jean Cacicedo, Marian Clayden, Kaffe Fassett, Ellen Hauptli, Ana Lisa Hedstrom, Ina Kozel, Janet Lipkin, K. Lee Manuel and
Yvonne Porcella. Other artists included in the exhibit are: Isaac Amala & Liz Simpson, Michael Cepress, Angelina De Antonis,
Ellen Hauptli, Laura Raboff, Carol Lee Shanks, Nancy Yodelman, and
Wendeanne Ke`aka Stitt.
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January 31, 2011
about Styrous®
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I am now experimenting with "processed" images.
My work can be seen on my website.
I was raised in San Francisco and have been involved with Jingletown in Oakland for the last 25 or more years. I studied music theory and composition, and danced from 1958 to 1977. I owned and operated my production company for over 20 years, producing live events (company promotions, dance and theater productions, and performance art). I produced fashion shows for over 20 years for Obiko, other fashion stores and art-to-wear designers. I composed music for films, commercials, the San Francisco wearable art store, Cicada, and the theme song for the Asian American Arts Foundation’s 1999 Golden Ring Awards at the Palace of Fine Arts theater in San Francisco. The contacts through these many venues have inspired my photographic development of characters and subjects.
I converted from film to digital in 2001. My work, described as Formalist and "romantic-realist", is represented in private collections in Spain, France, Switzerland, Greece, Mexico and the United States. My work is in the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles and the archives of the Textile Arts Council of the M. H. de Young Museum in San Francisco.
I am now experimenting with "processed" images.
My work can be seen on my website.
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