Eight garments, five paintings, and a performance
2015–2018
Morgan Gerstmar, composer; Lester Garcia, producer
“Strands” was an event held in conjunction with New York Fashion Week in 2018 that featured a collection of garments, striped paintings, and the world premiere of “In seconds, then beats: for string quartet” composed by Morgan Gerstmar.
The project was inspired by the feeling of being at an intersection between this and that, and finding a way forward by following desire.
That desire was to work across all of my interests of that moment, and the instrument selected for the job was the stripe (also strand or string). I saw the stripe as a line that is given width, and therefore capable of moving between abstract delineation and something made of material. In lieu of traditional patternmaking, the stripe as a garment could trace complex contours along the body (geodesics, I would learn later) and also be sent freewheeling into space to describe new volumes.
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Eight garments
Performance
World premiere of “In seconds, then beats” for string quartet by Morgan Gerstmar with models and musicians.
Paintings
Follow the link below:
PaintingsPress
- Garnette Report: “Lauren Dreier Exhibition ‘Stripes, Strands, & Strings’”
- NYC Plugged: “Lauren Dreier Presents Strands: A Blend of Music, Fashion and Art During 2018 NYFW”
- Also reported in Times Square Chronicle, Fashion Week Online, The Impression, Fashion Maniac,
- and The Violin Channel.
Credits
- Production, styling: Lester Garcia
- Composer: Morgan Gerstmar
- Musicians: Lauren Dreier, Molly Germer (violins), Morgan Gerstmar (viola), Thea Mesirow (cello)
- Models: Krysten Bates, Kharla Bonegue, Seashell Cocker Kiana Hernandez, Onah Iya, David Prost, Roche, October Ryk
- Makeup, production assistant: Nina Carelli
- Hair Stylists: Marco Candela-Michelus, Lau Gallico
- Photography: David Hans Cooke
- Videography: Tim Romero
- Engineering consulting: Darrel O’pry, Ben Reytblat
- Studio assistants: Liz Altman, Jake Gavett, Chris Titus, Karolina Zabawa
- PR: Emily Bungert, Jessica Poulin
- Volunteers: Martina Chmielewski, Isabella Cruz, Sophia Cruz, André Jackson, Sarah Lathrop, David Myers, Jeraldine Rosado, Magdalena Santos, Jacob Washton, Ashley Vause, Elżbieta Zajączkowskat, Max and Melissa Hart, Paley Dreier
- Sponsors: dMonstr and BuildPl8, Falke, Sourland Spirits
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