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EDITOR’S LETTER
Connections in art D e a r S l e e k Re a d e r,
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This issue is not only an exhibition of art in different forms and mediums, and it isn’t just showcasing people and their craft, it is far beyond that. It is the intricate connections that we find between our lives, our surroundings and the people that make us experience something that we haven’t before. Many of the people you will meet in your life, will affect you in ways you will not always predict. They are the people that teach you to love and to hate, the people that will inspire you, but most importantly the people you will meet- one creative to another, that will push you and push your art to its full potential. A great friend, and colleague once told me that the greatest work you can produce as an artist is the art that is alive. It is raw, it is in the moment and it rattles you to the core. So much of the work that this colleague and I create together is strenuous, it is far from easy and at times I know the both of us find ourselves asking “Is it all worth it?” and I can wholeheartedly say even though we find ourselves having
to overcome many obstacles to get to the final stages in our creative process, the end result is always just as satisfying. That being said, there are many other creatives I work with where the ideas flow seamlessly; there is no anxiety, there is no stress, and the final results are equally as flawless. So what makes one creative process more successful than the other? What makes one more alive than the other? As an artist, you will in more ways than one ask yourself this question in your creative process. Do not be so quick to shut the people out that pose a challenge or a question to your art. Because often times, they will be the people that force you to consider your work in a different light. You can, as an artist and a person, always afford to learn something new from someone. They may be in your life for 15 years or a total of five minutes. All these people, and all these experiences, will shape you. They will shape you into the artist you are meant to be,
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the artist you didn’t think you could be, and the artist who has the courage to send off creative work into the world where it will be examined by others. This issue explores the work of a handful of the creative geniuses that have the industry right at their fingertips. There are people that understand that their art can reach unprecedented potentials when combined with the work of other creative. In every feature, shoot, interview and piece of artwork that went into this issue, two or more contributors took a part in bringing the end result into fruition. Maddie Ivey, Paris Mumpower, Franklin Headen, Kailee Heagney, Sallie Chamberlain are just some of the notable artists featured in this collaborative issue. Art is strong on its own; but it takes more than one person to make it alive.
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Skemo On The Go
Jean Pierre Villafañe on his journey through collaboration By Adriana Gutierrez & Nicole Steffe
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Open Up To Me
Jess Farran and her story behind her “Sex” Series By Heejung Kim
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Morgan Maher
Sleek visits Morgan’s studio in Savannah By Beaty McKnight
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Gasoline Glamour
Editorial featuring the fun and eclectic sunglasses
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THREE THREE THREE Interpretations
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Ain’t No Saint
Peg Parnevik behind the scenes
Art Souvenir
Nathan Hoyle’s exploration of materials for his sculptures By Ashley Rosales
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My Last Jack & Coke
A collaboration between two creatives through poetry By Ashley Rosales, Paris Mumpower
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Its In The Details
Nikki Kaia Lee and Michele Mobley’s collaboration to bring Nikki’s collection to life By Heejung Kim
LAUREN HUDSON in NEITHER HERE NOR THERE photographed by MADELEINE IVEY see more P.
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Fashion Essay 108
Cameron Allen @pretendcouple
Neither Here Nor There
Featuring Devon Anastos’s Jacket
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The DeRenne
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sabick aka tacolover x havard x by donald Rachel Sabick’s Senior Fashion Collection
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Franklin Headen and his passion for his portraiture By Ashley Rosales
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Fashion In Motion
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Contributors Madeleine Ivey Jess Farran Michele Mobley Nikki Kaia Lee Cameron Allen Peg & Penny Paris Mumpower Morgan Maher William Kesling Sally Chamberlain Jean Pierre Villafane Noyle Donald Devon Anastos Kailee Heagney Franklin Headen Delia Wade Rachel Murray Samantha Swan Marcus Durant Lauren Hudson Kayla Goggin Julia Wheatley Alexandra Powell
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C ON TRIBU TOR S Madeleine Ivey
Morgan Maher
Cameron Allen
A particular characteristic worth highlighting when it comes to Maddie’s work is her ability to adapt to another creative’s aesthetic, while staying true to her style in photography. It is in her nature to constantly seek up-and-coming artists in her area, and bring life to the garments and pieces she chooses to integrate in both her fashion and personal photography. She is by far one of our most content heavy contributors, but the shoots she serves up bring something new to the table each and every time.
Known around town for her photography skills, Miss Maher is one of our top contributors. Not only did she bless us with her talent by photographing Kailee and Cameron’s amazing works of art, bringing them to life in this special edition of Sleek, but she also showed off what a multifaceted artist she is with an in depth look inside her studio.
While being a total babe, Cameron Allen is known for artistic work, ranging from photography to graphic design to music. As a Savannah, GA native Cameron started his artistic ventures through skateboarding. After moving back to Savannah from living in Atlanta for 5 years, Cameron continually strengthens his focus and passion for his work. You can catch his work on the Instagram account @pretendcouple or at a local gallery showing in Downtown historic Savannah, GA, but he is most likely on a porch eating bananas with his dog, Pickles.
Paris Mumpower
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The GIF queen herself; Paris is most notably recognized in this digital and print edition of Sleek for covering MADE fashion week with her eye-catching motion images. She is originally from Roanoke, Virginia but just for you, she’s up close and personal giving you the front row runway experience from New York City. Didn’t get a pass to Fashion Week yourself? No worries. Experience Jeremy Scott through Veronika Vilim, and LRS up close and personal. And it doesn’t stop there- Paris’ featured personal work combines an intricate mix of poetry with photographs for a more intimate experience, depending on your taste or the weather.
Franklin Headen Sallie Chamberlain
There isn’t a single show the Headenistic brand hasn’t casted to perfection. And though he spends most of his free time scouting out new beauties in the world of fashion, Franklin’s talents span far beyond recognizing long-term potential for the industry, making him #onetowatch as well.
Sallie Chamberlain is the spider spindling our web. Connecting friends and feeding ideas is something this girl does naturally. Originally from Charleston, and a FASM student at SCAD, she is often found socializing her way amidst friends groups all along the east coast, including New Jersey where our Capsule Feature, Kailee Heagney lives. You can get a glimpse into this social media princess’ life via her Instagram @hitmebaby1moretime2007.
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SKEMO ON THE GO MULTIFACETED ARTIST JEAN PIERRE VILLAFAÑE TAKES SLEEK ON HIS JOURNEY THROUGH ARCHITECTURE, FURNITURE, PAINTING, AND FASHION
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It is hard to stick to one thing, but most people do not take the initiative to take matters into their own hands and go learn something new. Not for Jean Pierre, a true “jack of all trades.” His flamboyant background ranges from architecture to industrial design, painting, graffiti art, and fashion, to name a few. Starting at the
Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia, Jean Pierre has explored and experienced many things during his time here and is headed to New York in the summer to continue his journey experimenting with art, developing his skills, and getting his name out and known in the art world. Sleek approached Jean Pierre to
get to know him in person and talk about his love for art and collaboration. SLEEK: Tell us about yourself? What’s your background? JP: I’m from San Juan, Puerto Rico. My art life started when I went to school, and I would see graffiti on the street and on the walls and then I would go to school and
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try to do those drawings on my notebook. I started enjoying graffiti and not attend classes. I loved it - it was so much adrenaline and I kept doing it until my parents caught me and they told me; “Hey, you have to start doing canvases because you can get in trouble; you can change your format.” I was coming to SCAD to study architecture, so I had to stop painting graffiti in San Juan, but I continued with graffiti coming to America, and people enjoyed my work. Studying architecture, I learned about different types of forms and also the drawing style they have in architecture. I was trying to combine that in my graffiti somehow. I’ve been doing that also with industrial design. I try to learn from every field and combine it with what I like the most. SLEEK: What do you like better? Your canvas, or going out there and doing graffiti in the streets? I think I enjoy both things. I like doing graffiti on the street more because it’s a gallery on the street basically, so everyone gets to see it. Your work is being exposed, but the work you are doing has to be fast and quick, and the lines are more loose, more dusty because of the quality of spray can paint, whereas when I’m working on a canvas, you can see the strokes and everything. I’ve been going out to paint lately in Savannah in the streets. SLEEK: It is obviously illegal in Savannah isn’t it? I guess you feel the adrenaline a little more. Yes, it is illegal. And also, sometimes I feel bad because this is a historic town and it’s very traditional. SLEEK: Where would you like to go crazy and paint? Somewhere in Asia! There are some cities that have buildings you can climb up. If I’m very stressed out about anything, I go out to paint and I lose all my stress. It’s like magic! SLEEK: Do you have any role models? If you look at the style from the east coast and the west coast, the east coast is more organized, the colors are colder or black and white. In the west coast, the graffiti are a little bit more wild and funky, and the size is very refreshing. I look a lot to artists from the west coast, specifically one called Revok. I also look up to a couple of artists from Europe, they have a very simple minimal style in graffiti. I think that influences me for my clothing and architecture; It’s funny because I’ve seen a lot of my architecture projects look like my graffiti pieces. A combination of order and chaos.
SLEEK: Tell us about your involvement with fashion, your collaborations. I did this project with a student from current fashion professor Anthony Miller’s class. She was from Detroit so she wasdoing her collection about graffiti because Detroit has a lot of abandoned buildings and graffiti and so on. We teamed up and tried different ways of doing it and the best result was to use air brush straight onto the fabric. Another time I collaborated with another designer named Leah Smith from Puerto Rico. I sent her illustrations that I had previously done but we ended up doing everything straight onto the fabric and it was a lot of fun. SLEEK: We know that your art has gone further. Can you tell us how you’ve incorporated your art into other disciplines? I’ve been doing projects since high school. I had a friend that was studying graphic design and he was doing flyers for parties, so I would always learn skills from him. By the time I got to SCAD, I knew a lot of
the programs already and saw the importance on learning from other fields. So I decided to take the chance in collaborating with almost anyone I could from any major. I love art and love combining elements together to create great artwork; its my outlet away from my architecture degree. Through these collaborations I am able to show a variety of work and express my passion with the skills I have. SCAD has a Collaborative Learning Center, but I took it on myself to find people to collaborate with on my own and create my own projects to showcase. SLEEK: How was learning and working with different types of art? How has your style developed because of that? When I started painting I had a couple of friends that I was learning a lot from. They were a little bit older than me, and they were showing me how to paint and how to do a type of graffiti called bombing. He was showing me how not to get caught, or what styles to look for, and I think I learned a lot from him. His style was
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pretty fresh and solid. He did not use many gradients or thick lines. It was a little bit more playful, whereas graffiti pieces with the drips, you can say it was a crazy but ordered pattern at the same time. What I’ve learned from collaborations is how to do what they do. When I collaborate with people from fashion, especially from fashion marketing, I learn the most because you learn how to manage a business and how to administer everything. People from fashion are not too collaborative. They go to the building, they bring you something, I paint it, it goes back and that’s it. I’ve done a couple of collaborations with fashion marketing students for magazines and I see what you guys look for when you’re doing a magazine, what to include or not include, how the photography sessions happen and it’s pretty stressful. You see how the designer gives them the dress and you have to find a makeup artist, the right models and photographers, the food, so in that sense I see they have a lot of work on top of them! Although it doesn’t seem like it, I think they are as valid as the fashion designer, because if they don’t have them, their work doesn’t get exposed. Fashion marketing helps brand the designer.
SLEEK: Speaking of branding I see that you have your name in all your artwork. Yes, sometimes, actually, this is a question that I’ve never been asked! Most of the times it says “Skem,” but what worries me is that sometimes I see it and I think “This is too narcissistic,” like I’m using that canvas as my name. But if you look at graffiti artists that’s what they do, they try to advertise their name on the streets, so when you see it you go “ok, so that’s the guy I saw overpassing the highway, and sometimes you recognize certain logos, or an icon, you can see it when it’s repetitive. So in that sense, I’ve been trying to do the same concept of graffiti in the street but with my art by repeating the name. The problem is that it becomes too narcissistic sometimes when I see it with another state of mind. SLEEK: What’s next for you? Any future prospects? Since I did my undergraduate degree for architecture in SCAD I have to get a masters degree in order to get a license to become an architect. I chose to do my master studies at Columbia Univeristy in New York City. During the summer I am interning in New york and then I’ll start school again. I hope to have a job
one year before I graduate. SLEEK: So I guess you see yourself in architecture since you’re investing all this time in it? At least for a while. Yes, about 8 years, and then do a studio everything united. SLEEK: Any funny stories you had while doing graffiti art? I’ve almost gotten caught, not just by cops, by random people in the streets. People would run after me, or I had a time when someone tried to steal my car while I was painting. Usually with cops, you can talk them out of it. We would show him a paper and tell them that we had permission to do it, we would print fake permissions from the government, we would put the signature, till my mom found the permissions printed on the top of my printer and it was literally the end. For more of Jean Pierre’s work, please visit his website at jeanpierreskem.com or @skemongo on instagram.
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OPEN UP TO ME YOUNG AND ASPIRING PHOTOGRAPHER JESS FARRAN EXPLAINS HER ONGOING “SEX” SERIES AND THE INSPIRATION BEHIND IT
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Currently studying photography and minoring in advertising and advertising photography at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Jess Farran is a talented young student who is often spoken of through the great work she displays. From
fashion editorials, to everyday photographs, to her beautiful “babes” series, she has a wide range of work that show her personal aesthetic. “Sex” is definitely one of the series’ that is visually intriguing and evokes many questions as to what were
her thoughts behind this provacative yet alluring set of photographs. Sleek engaged the artist via email to get to know her, talk about her work, and the find the meaning behind “Sex.”
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SLEEK: Tell me a little bit more about yourself. Hi! I’m 22 and I’m from a woodsy little beach town up on the north west coast of Michigan. I’m studying photography here at SCAD, and double minoring in advertising and advertising photography. SLEEK: What inspired you to create the “Sex” series? I started “Sex” as a postlude to a personal project I started in September, which depicted my struggle with physical intimacy due to mistreatment by men, both physical and emotional. I tried to make this project as therapeutic and personal as possible in hopes of getting over what I needed to. I repressed most my sexual energy for such a long time that I actually became afraid of it, mainly because most of my experiences had been so negative. “Sex” is my way of visually depicting what I wasn’t mentally capable of before.
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SLEEK: What does the “Sex” series convey - what is the message behind the series? This series started as an outlet for me to explore my own issues with sex and intimacy, but it’s become a platform for the subjects I shoot to express themselves as well, it’s very collaborative. My ultimate goal is that we can all relate to just one image, and start to quantify the sexual human experience. It’s very important to me that we open up the conversation regarding sex, and start viewing it comprehensively and without judgement.
SLEEK: What other works are you currently working on? This is it currently! I’m always working on fashion stuff, but I think it’s important to stay grounded in the fine art world to keep a balance. SLEEK: As a photographer, where and what would you like to explore in your area of expertise? I definitely want to keep this project going for awhile, but I think next I’ll try to wave my feminist flag a little and create something equally as political and bold. As far as where- I’ll go anywhere! I hate staying
in one place too long, so I don’t think I’ll ever have just one permanent location in mind. SLEEK: Any future prospects? Hmmm, ask me in 6 months ;) Jess Farran is constantly updating her website for the continuation of the “Sex” series. For more of her “Sex” series and to check out other work please visit jessfarran.com and @jessfarran on instagram.
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SLEEK: What is your typical morning routine? I wake up around 9AM and make breakfast. Normally strawberries, toast and egg whites. I’ve been trying to drink more green tea than coffee. Depending on how much time I have I’ll
either watch an episode of Charmed while I work on editing photos or I’ll listen to music. Recently I have been loving Ariana Grande’s new releases. Dangerous Woman is going to be the album of the summer. SLEEK: How do you stay
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age and its associations can exist outside that box. The usage of textiles was natural to turn to both conceptually and objectively. SLEEK: How has this developed your interest in sculptural pieces? My recent body of work explores the language of silks and leathers interacting with hardware materials such as chains and other means of binding and cinching. By expanding the photograph and leading it to interact with consumer materials, like chain from Home Depot, I am exploring the democratization of image making along with the over saturation of images. I am working to understanding the underlying motive in relation to delicacy and strength. SLEEK: What is your next move? I’m moving to Brooklyn to start a job at Marc Jacobs as a photography assistant, while I work at an ice cream shop on the weekends. I can’t wait to shop and pay for overpriced brunch.
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SLEEK: When did you start making these sculptures and what inspired you to do so? I was always infatuated with acrylic but had never worked with it. I began working with it in one of my classes by adding heat and manipulating it. Normally when I find a process to be therapeutic I spend a lot of time doing it. All of the individual pieces that make up the sculpture I manipulated in advance and then decided to bring them all together as a cohesive piece since I am so drawn to the process. SLEEK: Is there a specific color palette you try to work within or do you not have any specifications when it comes to creating each piece? I used materials from a second hand art supply store and others were given to me by a friend. So the col-
or palette was not exactly planned. I try to incorporate design elements such as repetition of shape, col or, line, light, and shadow to maintain cohesiveness throughout the sculpture. SLEEK: What materials do you most often use to create the sculptures? The most used material is acrylic since that is what sparked the motivation for this piece. It also includes vinyl. SLEEK: Would you consider it a hobby or just as important as your creations within fibers and fashion? I consider it just as important as my fashion creations because my process and work have been headed in a fine art direction. This past year I have taken a step back from production of garments and have only been creating samples and fine art.
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FASHIONABLE NATHAN HOYLE AND FASHION MARKETING STUDENTS COME TOGETHER TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS CROCHET SKIRT
With climate change being one of the most talked about subjects amongst millennials it’s no surprise that sustainability has become an aspirational quality in many trend driven fashion retailers. Reformation, the trendy Los Angeles brand, epitomizes the environmentally conscious cool-girl of our time and gives a whole new meaning and purpose to shopping sustainably. Created in 2009 by Yael Aflalo, Reformation designs and manufactures the majority of their limited-edition collections in their factory headquarters in downtown LA.
All of their other garments are produced by responsible manufacturing partners either here in the U.S. or abroad using both sustainable methods and materials. They source sustainable fabrics and vintage garments while making a conscious effort to incorporate better practices throughout their supply chain to deliver beautiful pieces at a fraction of the environmental impact of conventional fashion. And they aren’t the only ones looking to pave the way for a more environmentally conscious industry. Newer brands like Kowtow, Shaina Mote,
Jesse Kamm and PeopleTree, who have been around for close to 25 years, are some of the leading industry brands that really “get” sustainable fashion. The Savannah College of Art and Design knows that this wave has been a highly anticipated shift in the world of fashion, and is ensuring the new wave of creatives coming for the industry are well prepared. With courses such as Contemporary Issues in Fashion Merchandising and Retail Management encouraging students to constantly question the “true cost” of a garment, it’s no surprise
that the artists coming out of SCAD are looking to apply environmentally conscious practices to their work. The hand crocheted skirt featured in objects portion of this issue is a 100% sustainably made and sourced garment. All the pieces of denim were sourced from a local Goodwill in Savannah and were hand cut/distressed by fibers major Nathan Hoyle in collaboration with Fashion Marketing and Management students Maiya Plather, Ashley Rosales, Nicole Nly and Mariana Flores Sosa. MORE OF NATHAN HOYLE’S WORK CAN BE FOUND @by_donald
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EXTENDED EXHIBITION CONTRIBUTING ARTIST CAMERON ALLEN SPOKE WITH SAVANNAH ART INFORMER EDITOR KAYLA GOGGIN ABOUT HIS WORK, EMOJIS, AND THE DOWNFALLS OF MODERN COMMUNICATION.
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Up until recently, his fascination with images has been channeled into an Instagram-based project with his best friend, Paige, called “Pretend Couple”. After they moved to separate cities, they found themselves rarely calling each other, slipping into a cycle of Instagram tags and texted photos to keep in touch. We’ve all been there – “How’s it going?”; thumbs up emoji; funny dog gif; laughing emoji; silence. Does anyone under the age of 35 even call anymore? “We were texting and tagging each other in Instagram posts constantly. As we went on, we started creating these pieces of art through our text messages,” Allen explains. “The art was based on screenshots of our text messages to each other – just sending portraits of ourselves and mimicking each other’s portraits, going into the ‘details’ section of our text messages, and so on. So there’s this collage sort of thing between us.” The collaged screenshots – pictures of pictures of pictures layered on top of one another — show the very real volume of images, words, stuff we share with one another. It’s all colorful, relatable in its modern lo-fi sensibilities, and yet coldly impersonal. “You start to lose quality once you screenshot something over and over again. I think that’s kind of a reflection of what I think about our communication today, though. A lot of it is lost,” Allen says. His frustration and fascination
with modern communication centers mainly on emojis, specifically the smiley face. “Emojis are like these little pockets of feeling that people will send to represent what they’re going through or a feeling that they’re trying to convey to another person,” he says. “If the information age is all about how fast we can send information to each other, then is something being lost in the human connection? If people are forgetting how to actually express themselves then people can’t function without emojis. They start to rely on it. Somebody sends me a text message and says something I don’t know how to deal with so I just send them a laughing emoji and I don’t actually say anything back. You know?” As a multidisciplinary artist, Allen is using the many tools he has (painting, digital collage, photography) to excavate cultural meaning. Smiley faces, emojis, text messages, screenshots – they’re all in danger of being judged too commonplace, too lowbrow to center an artistic dialogue around. Let’s not fool ourselves, though. So much of our communication hinges on uncertain images and unspoken words, layered to create relationships with other people; an emoji can mean the difference between silence and connection. Maybe Allen has just realized that sooner than most. READ THE FULL INTERVIEW AT: http://savannahartinformer.org/interviews/cameron-allen-onthe-flip-side-things-are-still-bad/
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MY LAST JACK & COKE TEXT — Ashley Rosales DESIGN — Paris Mumpower
I stood there with my arms crossed over my bare chest, and began to feel the beads of hot water hit my skin. I closed my eyes and I ran the bottom of my tongue over my bruised and busted lip. I couldn’t feel anything now, but I knew I would in the morning. I touched my mouth and opened my eyes to see blood on my fingers. Pressing my lips together, I looked up to meet his cold brown eyes. I stared at him motionless, water dripping from my eyelashes. I then started to feel a bar of soap slide from the small of my back, up my spine, as he drew me closer. My eyes shut, and I loosened my arms until I could feel my fingertips at my side. “You’ve never been treated right, have you?” he asked. Though I knew he wasn’t looking for a response. It always starts something like this, remembering you, that is. I’m sitting in bed and it’s 8 o’clock and my roommates are pushing me to go out. And you of all people know I love to go out but as far as I’m concerned, there isn’t a point. There is no one to impress. The last person there was to give a damn about was you but you’re so far gone, I don’t even know where you are. I wonder what you think about all the way in Atlanta sometimes, at least, that’s the last place I heard you were.
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again I don’t know how that could be possible. I know, you would think I would have learned by now not to expect too much from you. Do you still have that polaroid of me? The one that you took when I came home with you for the first time? God I was so fucked up. I remember I woke up to a call from my roommate at 5 a.m. She was wondering if I was going to be ready to leave for our flight back home that morning in just a few hours. She asked whether I needed a ride. You offered to drive me home, but to this day I’m glad she came to pick me up. I laid back down, without a sense of urgency, and you wrapped your arms back around me and we fell asleep. I don’t know if it was that you were 5’8” and I was 5’2”, but we fit perfectly together. It made sense. It never makes that much sense. We weren’t even in love. I don’t know how that is possible. With your fucked up, gas lighting ways, you had the ability to wrap me in and keep me there. You still have me there. I think about this time you were being an immature asshole so naturally, I stopped granting you a response. I could feel you looking at me in bed when you said you were going to begin a monologue and you bet by the end of it that I would be smiling. I was so adamant that I wouldn’t smile.
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Even though I knew, and you knew, that I would end up with a tired smirk on my face. The fact that the prize was me smiling, gave me some kind of hope, that this was more than what I thought it was. We rinse and repeat and somehow, it always feels just as sweet. What about that time I woke up, rolled over, and said good morning to what I thought was my gay best friend lying on the pillow next to me? You had to remind me of the whole night. We started on the dance floor, I demanded that you take to me home and the night ended with you carrying my passed out body into your apartment. You tucked me into bed and just fell asleep next to me. And then there we were the morning after, starting at each other like prey, ready to pick where we left off. That was all we were supposed to care about. Just for one night. Come back. I would do it all over again, but just for the night.
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I go out to restaurants and am wedged in between your friends at tables and I wonder if you’ve left any pieces of yourself with them, so that way you would have to come back. I prepare myself everyday, almost every hour, for that possibility. The thing is I don’t know what I am preparing myself for, because I would do it all over again. The same way. No doubt about it. Only this time no games. No nasty words exchanged between us, no jack and cokes, no cheek to cheek dancing. Take me home. I’m yours. Whenever you are ready. The sun will come up and you’ll be long gone at this point and everyone will tell me it was a big mistake. I’ll walk right past those people, go on up to my king sized bed, climb in, and finally fall sound asleep. Because then I can choose when it will be the last time we will see each other. FOR MORE PLEASE VISIT SMASHEDAVACADOES.COM // @ twolinesandanoz
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Is In WHAT YOU PUT ONTO YOUR SKIN MATTERS AND GLOSSIER IS HELPING WOMEN CHOOSE A PINKER ALTERNATIVE
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The modern world of beauty is a scary place. The ten million different makeup brands and products on the market today are enough to keep me 500 feet away from a beauty isle at all times. Then there’s the harsh reality that if your face doesn’t naturally look like a baby’s ass it’s probably going to be even more nerve-wracking trying to find makeup that doesn’t break you out or clean out your bank account. Add some insecurity and unattainable beauty standards on top and it’s pretty clear to see how being a girl in modern society might suck just a tiny bit. It’s rare to find a beauty brand today that celebrates real girls in real life. Glossier is one of those rare gems. Co-founded by (successful beauty blog) Into The Gloss founder Emily Weiss, the
brand has quickly become a favorite with celebrities and influentialbloggers alike (partially because of how cute the pink packaging is), but mostly because they’re making everyday products that are fun to use and actually do work, because beauty should be easy. Glossier Phase 1 products are the not-so- basic skincare basics every girl needs in her routine; think Milky Jelly Cleanser, Priming Moisturizer, Perfecting Skin Tint, and the original Balm Dotcom. Skincare is approached like makeup, designing products to work together to immediately bring out your best. Unlike 95% of the modern beauty industry, Glossier believes skincare is essential, and makeup is a choice. Glowy, dewy skin is the aesthetic. Glossier says they’re the beauty brand that wants to be friends with us, mostly because they’re not so much a brand as they are real people just trying to rethink the beauty industry and have a good time doing it. Who better to trust with your skin than two beauty editors who have tried it all and know just what the industry needs? And by staying in constant communication with real Glossier users, they’re listening to what we have to say and giving us the products we want. When you pick up that cute pink package, whether you have the whole Phase 1 kit or just some lip balm, you almost feel like you’re a part of some secret club for girls who want more out of their skincare routine. At Glossier you give life to products, they don’t breathe life into you.
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Raw CERTAIN DETAILS IN FASHION ARE REFLECTED BY THE ARTISTS NEED TO RECONNECT WITH MOTHER NATURE IN AN OVERCONNECTED SOCIETY Photography FRANZISKA
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“Art that functions on multiple levels is important to our world. It is something that is pleasing to the eye, but also something that portrays an important message.” To me, fashion isn’t the frivolous, superficial, and fleeting poster-industry of consumerist materialism it’s always been labeled as. It is both shaped by the glut of mass production and unlimited consumption, and yet also one of the most dynamic forces in determining contemporary culture; the entire spirit of modern society is directly reflected in today’s fashion trends. Take something as tiny and seemingly insignificant as a raw edge on a pair of denim jeans: Who thought to do it first? Why did they do it? What were they trying to say? Maybe there’s no meaning at all; maybe they just thought it looked cool, but I like to think that maybe, just maybe, there’s something deeper there. It’s no secret we live in an over-connected world. At one end of the spectrum, fashion and technology are interconnecting more than ever, and at the other end there’s an urgency to reconnect with
anything natural as a result. Huge lifestyle shifts to all things eco-friendly are taking place, especially in fashion, whether it’s by transitioning to a completely sustainable supply chain or through something as simple as adding natural elements (like, say, those frayed edges that give garments a raw and natural vibe) to new designs. A new look struts down the runway, smartphones come out, hundreds of Instagram posts hit cyberspace and just like that, millions of people are now connected to the fashion world; sitting front row, living vicariously through their favorite style bloggers and influencers. In the midst of all the sharing and posting and rapidly advancing technology dominating our everyday lives it’s important for creatives to unplug and disconnect once in a while. So, yeah, maybe this “raw edge” trend wasn’t originally intended to be that deep, but to me, it undeniably reflects a reconnection between artists and Mother Nature in a society that seems to have forgotten about her. Nothing in art is an accident, after all.
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Lost World EXPLORE THE “LOST WORLD” AT CANAIMA NATIONAL PARK LOCATED IN THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY OF VENEZUELA AND FEED YOUR WANDERLUST
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Canaima National Park, established in 1962, is located in the southeast of Venezuela, known as the “Lost World.” The park is 12 thousand square miles, making it the sixth biggest national park in the world, and an attractive, exotic destination whose stay is enriched with hidden hotels offering excursions in order to explore Canaima’s Paradise. Canaima occupies the same area as the Gran Sabana region and is located in Bolivar State, reaching boarders with Brazil and Guyana. 65% of the park is occupied by Tepuis, table top mountains. Tepuis are sandstone and date back to the Precambrian times when South America was part of Africa. The most famous Tepuis in the park is Mount Roraima, the tallest and easiest to climb, and Auyantepui, the site of Angel Falls, the highest waterfall in the world, creating spectacular scenery. In 1994, The Canaima National Park was named a World Heritage Stile by UNESCO, as a natural environment with unique forms of relief, the Tepuis. Pemones are the indigenous tribe prominent in Canaima, who speak Carib. Venezuela is home to “Pemones,” in addition to Brazil and Guyana. Pemones
have an intimate relationship with Tepuis, believing “Mawari Spritis” live in the mountains. The park is relatively isolated with only a few roads connecting the towns. The most common way to get to the park is by light planes and most transport within the park is by foot and canoe. Pemons and other entrepreneurs have built exotic camps within the park; Campamento Ucaima is rated as one of the best Hotels in Canaima,
characterized by a special attention in all its areas offering first quality services in its beautiful installations. The ambience provides comfort, privacy and simplicity. Its “Salon Bar” is great for gatherings with a disposable extended national and imported wine and liquor menu. There is also a panoramic dinning room with a delicious gastronomic service in simple recipes, abundant and exquisite. In addition,
Ucaima provides its guests with Salon-Mirador, especially designed to meditate and enjoy from the beautiful landscape. Ucaima has 5 beautiful cabins with comfortable bedrooms and hammocks on each balcony. The hotel also offers excursion services in several locations of Canaima, by majestic river and jungle scenes that vary their causes and landscape according to the influences of the equatorial climate that is characterized by a dry period (January to April) and a rainy period (May to December) hiding some of the rides to find others, especially the visit to the Angel Falls where guests can take refuge in one of two cabins including a saloon, dining room with a sublime view to the Angel Falls and Auyantepui in addition to a BBQ gastronomic service. Finally, guides will offer information with broad knowledge about the Park and its natural resources, legends and indigenous stories about the area. Canaima is a place filled with natural energy, and Campamento Ucaima offers the best services where explorers can experience Canaima’s sublime experience to the fullest. MORE INFORMATION AT WHC.UNESCO.ORG
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WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF FEKKAI, WHERE OUR DEAR CONTRIBUTOR MADELEINE IVEY WAS FEATURED FOR HER SILVER LOCKS
It’s New York City, 1989. Paris-trained Frédéric Fekkai opens his namesake salon atop New York’s Bergdorf Goodman Department Store and the world of style is turned completely upside-down. The poufs, the lacquers, and the severe, overdone styles disappear into thin air because Fekkai’s signature style comes from revealing and connecting a woman to her own natural beauty; quite a feat in an industry that’s inevitably labeled as materialistic and superficial. It’s rumored that everyone who sits in his chair emerges as a force of pure allure. More sensual, more stylish and more powerfully themselves than ever thought possible. What else can you expect from the man who insists, “There is no bad hair. There is only beautiful hair. And I am only here to help every woman understand that.”
Inspired by his homeland of Aix-en- Provence in France, Frédéric has said, “What’s most natural is most beautiful.” This philosophy comes to life in his simple and effective, completely luxe Fekkai collection, made from the finest ingredients to create the best in hair and beauty. Fekkai’s unique take on style is practiced at his namesake salons in the world’s chicest cities – from SoHo to Palm Beach to St Barths. Even though his reputation as a celebrity stylist has rendered his name synonymous with luxury, each salon houses a team of stylists who make the Fekkai experience available to anyone who wants kick-ass, healthy hair. Photography: FEKKAI NEW YORK SALON MORE INFORMATION AT FEKKAI.COM
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The Teenage Engineering’s OP-1 was first teased in 2009, with an unconventional appearance, and a $1074 price tag. The gadget raised curiosity but wasn’t lovingly received until 2011. The Swedish company has since designed everything from wireless speakers to sync boxes and in 2015 Teenage Engineering announced their first truly affordable devices: The Pocket Operators at $59. These are the PO-12 Rhythm (for drums), PO-14 Sub (for basslines) and the PO-16 Factory (for leads). The PO-12 Rhythm is a small enough gadget to fit in your pocket and is simply powered by a pair of AAA batteries. It features both real synthesized drum sounds and sampled drum sounds with 16 punch-in effects including delay, bit crusher, and filters. The synthesizer parameters can be locked while an auto compressor and hardware limiter permits appropriate signal generation without clipping. A 16step sequencer features 16 available patterns and up to 16 patterns can be played together while an integrated clock and alarm clock increases possibilities for creativity.
A jam sync function with 3.5mm audio in and out connections allows for multiple synthesizer units to be linked together. The synthesizer is designed with a Silabs EFM 32 Gecko CPU, a Cirrus Logic DAC, and a Knowles speaker placed under a novel animated LCD on a single circuit board allowing for lower power consumption. A tailor-made silicone pro case sold separately adds anti-slip feet, battery protection, and professional-feel buttons to the gadget. This power gadget is super simple and super engaging - it is a fun toy to play around with, especially when surrounded by friends who share the same interests. Who knows what kind of beats one can create with this beat tool? The PO-12 Rhythm and other gadgets from the same brand can be found on teenageengineering.com, Amazon, Urban Outfitters, Reverb.com, Guitar Center, and Music & Arts. MORE INFORMATION AT TEENAGEENGINEERING.COM
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“Nikki is the love of my life ever since.”
Sleek got together with Nikki Kaia Lee and Michele Mobley, two talented individuals both passionate in their fields of study. Nikki currently studies fashion and fibers at the Savannah College of Art and Design, whereas Michele studies photography. Their collaboration in photographing Nikki’s fashion pieces are beautifully soft and shows both artists’ personality. We wanted to see how the two artists put their heads together to showcase their work.
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assistance from Angel Muktan and of course modeling by the lovely Taylor Kingston. The setup of the shoot was quite simple as we approached it with a lookbook appeal for use in Nikki’s portfolio, the aim was to exemplify the pieces in a minimalistic surrounding given their heavy detail and fabrication. Harsh but subdued sunlight from the evening sun helped to highlight Nikki’s screen printed white-onwhite textiles, as well as shadow through her more transparent monochrome designs.
SLEEK: Tell us a little bit more about yourself. My name is Michele. I try to take pictures and not talk about myself too much... SLEEK: What is your connection to Nikki? I met (stalked) Nikki my first year at SCAD, eventually persuading her enough for me to photograph her. Nikki is the love of my life ever since.
SLEEK: What other works are you currently working on? I am “graduating” at the end of spring and am currently working on a personal senior project on the basis of “relationships.”
SLEEK: What was the direction you took for this photoshoot? Most of the creative direction was of Nikki’s doing - I only provide images of her craftsmanship and garments. Since these pieces were made by Nikki, she needs complete control of how the collection (Origins Collection - based on the topography of her birth home, Switzerland) is seen photographically. We also had styling
SLEEK: And one other personal question, where did you shoot this with Nikki? We shot this lookbook in one of her friends’ high-rise apartments in the Starland district of Savannah. (She had an empty room!) p.s. you can see a lot of Nikki’s “behind the scenes” and in progress documentation of her work on her instagram: @nikki_kaia_lee
SLEEK: Any future prospects? Document (stalk) Nikki’s artistic progression until the end of time. wink emoticon! ;)
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SLEEK: Tell us a little more about yourself. I was born to two architect parents, which I think helped form me into the artist and designer I am today. As a child I wasn’t given traditional toys- instead my mom gave me bolts of fabric and wooden blocks, paper and crayon, and I think that kind of early exposure to materials led me to what I am doing now. I am studying Fashion and Fibers at SCAD with a focus on material development. Eventually, I would like to do textile research for an institute such as MIT, but I am also very drawn to material development for fashion and have been focusing most of my work in that direction. SLEEK: What was the inspiration behind your collection? This collection was loosely based off the refugee crisis in Europe, particularly the relationship that these young children will have to their home
country in the future. I related this back to my own relationship with my birth country, Switzerland. I too left when I was very young and haven’t been back since, and as a result I often feel “placeless”- when people ask me where I’m from, I hesitate because although I am technically from Switzerland, I have no real tangible relationship to it. I used this collection as a catharsis, researching aspects of Switzerland, and developed a particular interest in the maps and topography. Further manipulation of these maps led to the textile and silhouette development. SLEEK: What was the process of creating your garments - how did you get all the detailing and what material did you use? The textiles were the most complicated part of the process. I engineered the pleated fabric so that it had dual imagery- two images could be seen on either
“She (Michele) has such an eye for light and creating a story, its pretty extraordinary.”
side of the map of Switzerland and the national flag. I did this using organza because I liked the idea of seeing the delicate white lines through the red as it added more dimension and depth to the material. To do this, I had to set up the file for digital printing so that it printed small incremental sections of the flag, and between those sections were areas of grey so that I could screen print the map image after the fabric was digitally printed. After that, I hand basted each inch to a paper pattern I developed of the pleat; once everything was firmly basted, I could then pleat the fabric using an iron. All in all, the process took about 20 hours for 3 yards. The screen printed cotton twill was much easier- I just had to create a repeat print using the map of Switzerland, and then screen printed the fabric using a special additive chemical and white pigment so that when heat was applied to the fabric, the map image itself would protrude from the plane.
SLEEK: What is your connection to Michele and how did you like working with her? Michele and I have been friends since freshman year- we had been creepily stalking each other’s work since before starting SCAD via Facebook, but once we had a class together and interacted face to face we hit it off immediately. We’ve been collaborating ever since! I love working with Michele because she strikes that delicate balance between bringing her own vision to the table while also working with mine. She has such an eye for light and creating a story, it’s pretty extraordinary. SLEEK: Any funny or interesting happenings that occurred on set? Thankfully everything went pretty smoothly during the shoot- we did it the day after finals so I was expecting things to go wrong since everyone was still exhausted, but everything went according to plan!
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I N T E R P R E TAT I O N S Design — William Kesling
William Kesling is a multidisciplinary artist with the background of motion and graphic design. Currently at the Savannah College of Art and Design, he proposed a design concept known as Three Three Three. Three Three Three is an educational book series driven by contemporary issues in society that are often overlooked. This would be an annual series that would be taught to a college level contemporary issues class. The backing idea was to recreate the experience that is linked with studying through textbooks. A textbook’s purpose is to inform the reader about information regarding a certain topic, however how one absorbs this information doesn’t seem to be considered. Three Three Three’s layout from cover designs to inside spreads are meant to engage and continuously reiterate type treatments and hierarchy in order to inform the reader through subtle consistencies and diverse paneling. Three Three Three constructively adapts new age user experience for the consumption of information through a contemporary text book series. FIND MORE AT WILLIAMKESLING.COM AND WILLKES.DRIBBLE.COM
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T.V. personality and up-and-coming popstar Peg Parnevik is killin’ it with her hit single “Ain’t No Saint” on iTunes and Spotify now. With her catchy beats her girl-gang inspired lyrics, it’s no wonder the artist and SCAD student has over 13 million hits on her very first song (Source: Spotify). Shortly after she dropped her first single, Peg and her sister/partner in crime Penny, co-directed their first music video for the artist who recently signed to Sony a few months ago. And though we can’t give too many details away about her new music, all we can say is that it is coming soon, and that Sleek has the pictures to prove it. Check out the behind the scenes photographs from the set of Peg’s latest endeavor, and be sure to follow Peg on Instagram (@pegparnevik) and Spotify to stay up to date on any new music and this exciting project!
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Though, his talents span far beyond his ability to spot new beauties in the industry and place them on the runway. Since entering the Savannah College of Art and Design a few years ago as a fashion design student, he has since shifted his academic studies to focus completely on photography. Franklin has dabbled in so many dif-
ferent parts of the industry, yet is confident in that after trying all of these things, that casting is what he would like to focus his undivided attention on. SLEEK: What made you want to switch your major from fashion design to photography?
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labor intensive aspect of design. I also became gradually uninspired as a stylist, and around that same time is when I first picked up a camera. It started as me just having some fun shooting with a film camera, but then I realized that photography was far more applicable to what I wanted to do in the industry at that point, which at that point had become casting.
SLEEK: Why are you interested in casting rather than scouting or model development, for example? I have worked at modeling agencies before and I don’t like the dynamic there. You don’t get the same interactions that you would usually get when working oneon-one with models to cast a given show or advertisement. I really love working
with models so the more I can maximize my time spent working with them, the better. When you work with just one agency you limit yourself; I personally find it so much more rewarding to work with multiple agencies because all of them have different models and particular methods of scouting new faces from all different parts of the world.
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We all love @weloveatl and we’ve been playing @catlanta’s game of online cat and mouse for years. But recently, a new Instagram popped up and he’ll make you see the app with a fresh set of peepers. We’re talking about @pretendcouple, an Atlanta-based artist who slices up his photos and arranges them on his page like a digital collage. We got Cameron Allen, the man behind the page, to answer some of our questions about this exciting app-based project. SLEEK: What’s your background in photography? I’ve always been self taught. I first started messing around with my mom’s 35 mm when I was eleven, I think. Eventually I discovered medium format and the darkroom. I would spend all night in there listening to music and then come out to watch the sun rise. Soon after that I began playing with chemicals and film. At one point, for a while I was mixing bleach and ammonia until I did a Google search and found out I was really making methane gas, haha. But as of late I’ve been sticking to point and shoot cameras. SLEEK: How did you get the idea to play with Instagram’s interface like that? I think the first time I saw something like that was when Spoon released their last album. Every day or so on their Instagram they would post one piece of their album until the whole cover showed up. SLEEK: Why do you call the account @pretendcouple? The term actually first started as a joke be-
tween my friend Paige (a.k.a.@mustarrrrd) and I. I’m not sure who exactly coined the term but basically we decided we’d never find the boyfriend versions of each other, so we’d just become this hopeless pretend couple. So now I’ve adopted the idea into an entire project. SLEEK: What’s the process for breaking these photographs apart? Do you play around in photoshop or something to figure out what things are going to look like? How much planning goes into the layout of the account? Everything is done on my phone. I go back and forth between a few different apps to create the layout and, from there, I break it up into pieces by zooming and cropping. I don’t really do much planning at all. I’d say nearly all of it is spur of the moment, or how I feel at the time. I’ll basically pick a photo or a few and just see how they’d best fit together and go from there. SLEEK: Food, men, fashion, travel. The account mixes a lot of different themes to-
gether. Is there a particular narrative you’re trying to explore here? It’s my narrative. They’re all things I love and it all relates back to the concept of the pretend couple. It’s about past relationships, or the absence of a “someone,” the places I’ve been in life, and the friends I’ve made along the way. I wanted to explore this idea of there being a certain someone out there for everyone. Does “the one” actually exist? What does that even mean? SLEEK: Do you work in any other media and if so, where can people find your work? I’m actually in the middle of recording my second album under the moniker vvvocab. Until that’s out you can find some demos and what not on my SoundCloud. I also play for a band called Places and you can find all of our music for free on our Bandcamp site. SLEEK: What’s next for the @ pretendcouple account? Well, @pretendcouple is leading up to its own book. My friend Paige Hanserd, who I mentioned before (@mustarrrd), and I are working on it now to make it happen. We have a constant text narrative that sort of pertains to this whole pretend couple idea and it just became apparent that we should turn it into something tangible like a book. So you’ll see some some collaborative pieces along with a collection of my photographs and other personal works. My hope is that I can make something that people can easily relate to, and that they take away their own interpretation of what pretend couple means to them. To follow this project, all you gotta do is follow @pretendcouple on Instagram! Local Scout Julian Modugno is a writer, comedian, filmmaker--basically a whole list of red flags for a first date. His movies can be found on his YouTube channel, Bland Hack Pictures, and his best one-liners are available on that Twitter thing at @juliocentric.
I MET CAMERON ALLEN WHILE HE WAS WORKING AS A SALES ASSOCIATE AT MARC BY MARC JACOBS SUMMER OF 2015. AT THE TIME I MET CAMERON I WAS WORKING ON A BOOK ABOUT PHONE ART. My friend Sallie was also working at Marc that summer, and introduced the two of us when I was shopping in the store one day. As Cameron and I continued to chat, he began to tell me about his instagram and how he would post content in a certain way to create a more dynamic layout. Around this time I was also working on a book about phone art that included my own personal work about the subject so naturally, Cameron and I hit it off as we started to find more similarities between us both in our work and our personal interests. This initial
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discussion led to a newfound friendship revolving around our interest in the ability to use technology as not only a way to communicate with a social group but also a medium for artwork. Finding new ways to manipulate layout is something that many visual artist have adapted in regards to presenting their work to an audience on platforms such as Instagram. Cameron Allen however uses this platform as art itself. dis:EMBODIED, a juried exhibition of new media artwork at non-fiction gallery created by SCAD art history undergraduates recently stated,
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For this edition of SLEEK Magazine Cameron and Sleek decided to do a collaborative editorial which we felt best reflected our connection as friends while giving our readers a visual example of art as it goes through the process of conceptualizing a collaboration. Being able to see the before and after, while also appreciating the two pieces as a unified work of art we hope will inspire our audience to find their creative inspiration through their social interactions. 5 SLEEK 0
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Neither here nor there PHOTOGRAPHY
MADELEINE IVEY FASHION
BEATY MCKNIGHT ASHLEY ROSALES
Dress: CHLOÉ
Shoes: JEFFREY CAMPBELL
Sweatshirt: YEEZY SEASON 1 Tights: FALKE Underwear: CALVIN KLEIN Shoes: JEFFREY CAMPBELL
Raincoat: DEVON JOY ANASTOS (@devoninside) Bodysuit: AMERICAN APPAREL Shoes: TOPSHOP
Jumpsuit: CIVVIES ON BROUGHTON
Belt: VINTAGE
Pants: CIVVIES
ON BROUGHTON Boots: VINTAGE
The DeRenne PHOTOGRAPHY
MADELEINE IVEY FASHION
BEATY MCKNIGHT TECH ASSISTANT
RILEY AMES
Dress: CIVVIES ON BROUGHTON Top: CIVVIES ON BROUGHTON
Shoes: NASTY GAL Shoes: GUIDO SGARIGLIA Bottoms: ONLY HEARTS
Dress: VINTAGE
Shoes: BCBG
Dress: CIVVIES ON BROUGHTON
Shoes: YSL
Dress: VINTAGE
Skirt: NICHOLAS GHESQUIERE
Fur: JEAN CRISTIAN
Top: CIVVIES ON BROUGHTON Pants: REBECCA TAYLOR Dress: CALVIN KLEIN COLLECTION Shoes: JEFFREY CAMPBELL
Fashion in motion PHOTOGRAPHY & DESIGN
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Left: AREA NYC Right: SANDY LIANG
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Index A Adam Selman, www.adamselman.com Alecia Morais, www.instagram.com/alecia_morais Alexandra Powell, www.instagram.com/alexandrapowelll Alijah Harrison, www.instagram.com/whoisalijah American Apparel, www.store.americanapparel.net Anna K, www.annak.fashionfenty Area NYC, www.area.nyc
B Brock, www.brocknewyork.com
C Cameron Allen, www.cameronallen.xyz Carmella Rose, www.instagram.com/melwitharosee ChloĂŠ, www.chloe.com Chris Gelinas, www.chrisgelinas.com Civvies on Broughton, www.civviesclothes.com
D Delia Wade, www.instagram.com/deliawade_ Devon Joy Anastos, www.instagram.com/devoninsidearea
E Ewa Wladymiruk, www.instagram.com/ewawladymiruk
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G Gasoline Glamour, www.gasolineglamour.com Glossier, www.glossier.com Gypsy Sport, www.gypsysportny.com
N Nathalie Edenburg, www.instagram.com/natyedenburg Nathan Hoyle, www.instagram.com/by_donald Nikki Kaia Lee, www.instagram.com/nikki_kaia_lee
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Jean Pierre Villafane, www.jeanpierreskem.com Jeffrey Campbell, www.jeffreycampbellshoes.com Jess Farran, www.jessfarran.com Johnathan Simkhai, www.jonathansimkhai.com Julee Huang, www.instagram.com/julee__h Julia Wheatley, www.instagram.com/wheatatreat
Paris Mumpower, www.parismumpower.com Peg Parnevik, www.parneviks.com
K Kailee Heagney, www.kaileeeee.com Kayla Goggin, www.kaylagoggin.com Kris Koslop, www.instagram.com/kriskoslop
L Lauren Hudson, www.instagram.com/laurenhudson17 Lillian Garlick, www.instagram.com/lilliangarlick LRS, www.lrs-studio.com
M MADE Fashion Week, ma.de Madeline Ivey, www.madeleinemivey.com Michelle Patton, www.instagram.com/michkpat Michele Mobley, www.instagram.com/peachmichee Morgan Maher, www.morganmaher.com
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T Topshop, www.us.topshop.com
W William Kesling, www.williamkesling.com
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KAILEE HEAGNEY Kailee Heagney is a Savannah College of Art and Design Class of 2015 graduate with degree in Fibers and Textiles. However, amongst her peers Kailee is most commonly referred to as ‘Princess Craft,’ a nickname that originated from her Instagram handle. Her iconic embroideries and designs reminiscent of Marc Jacobs in 70’s has made Kailee’s journey into the industry one worth following. Though she currently resides in New Jersey where she continues to collaborate with other creatives, she could never forget her Day 1’s that have held down her brand since its conception back in Savannah. Sallie Chamberlain, a senior at SCAD, acts as her brand representative as she hand picks other artists to collaborate with in order to bring Kailee’s collections into fruition. Not to mention she is Kailee’s best friend and one of the original faces of her brand. Kailee’s boyfriend and number one fan, Alex DeWahl is also very much involved in the
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shaping of her aesthetic. He has her brand’s best interest at heart, and acts as a set of eyes for Kailee when she can’t be at a shoot in person. And lastly, but certainly not least, the girl behind the camera who has captured all of these stunning pieces, Morgan Maher. Morgan has been working with Kailee to bring her collections to life since Sallie introduced the two of them in 2013. Since then, this dream team has been supporting and growing Kailee’s brand for the past few years, and they only continue to get better as time goes on. Sleek inter-
viewed the couple to get their insight. SLEEK: How did you two meet? Kailee: We met through mutual friends. Alex: I saw her the week before we met at a party. It was one of those moments where all of a sudden you felt like you were in the right place, near someone you’ve been waiting to meet forever. But I didn’t talk to her. As it turned out, her friend was trying to set us up. I like to think we would have met regardless.
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SLEEK: What do both of you do? K: I love to say that Alex makes sounds because most of the time he really does, lol. I make a lot of different things usually incorporating cloth related elements and I have a kinda “brand” that I’m developing right now. I make clothes too. A: We like to do our work and be ourselves and watch tv and hang upside down. In regard to our work we’re constantly writing a narrative specific to our own lives, which is inherently separate, but modulated by the life we’ve created together. SLEEK: How has your work influenced your relationship? K: Honestly I think our relationship influences our work. Maybe it’s been about detaching the two while at the same time allowing a fluidity between private life and “public” art. I say public because I put everything on the Internet. A: Kailee is a constant source of inspiration for me. Her point of view and disposition is so genuine and impressive, and that comes through in the strong personal statements she makes in her work. I think we see the parallels in what we do, and that may help us solve some problems. Our processes are relatable, but like anything it takes a conversation to understand what’s going on. I think we influence each other most subconsciously, but in literal terms it happens when we are explaining to the other person what we are trying to achieve. Often, when we are both working and offering advice the other person is able to find a solution they didn’t know they were looking for. 5 SLEEK 0
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K: I love to work with Alex. His process is really redundant in the best way possible and he puts me in a trance-like state of mind. SLEEK: What is your collaborative work like? K: Collaboratively we have kept to our separate mediums and kind of collaged the two. A: The things we’ve actually done together result from something between boredom and compulsion; really just us not taking things too seriously. However, even if we are creating work from ourselves, we’re still present in each other, and that comes out all the time. In a sense we’re always collaborating, and we’re not. We would never take credit for a phrase or a feeling. But I do see her talking to me in her cloth. She’s also not talking to me. This is how I feel about my work as well. This isn’t something we’ve ever felt the need to say, though. SLEEK: What do you two want to do next? A: We bought a camera at our favorite hoarding superstore and have been filming Kailee’s clothes, and other things, mostly while we’re together. Eventually I want to do a mixtape based on this video featuring her work. Also, sound for her first serious presentation. Photography: MORGAN MAHER Behind The Scenes: BEATY MCKNIGHT
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