Luminaria Contemporary Arts Festival
Exhibition Design, Fine Art, Digital Collage
2017
Essentials Creative is a multi-media collective producing holistic applied arts experiences. The group creates a platform for emerging talent, innovative voices, and unseen narratives where collaboration is celebrated. Essentials is composed of and embraces artists of color, women, and members of the LGBTQ community. For Luminaria 2017, Essentials presented Biochromatic, which examined the limitations and exploitations of human perception. Photography, print, projection, and installation were utilized to explore uncommon arrangements of light, such as those found in the fringes of the natural world or on the edges of the human visible spectrum. Biochromatic was exhibited in the Mexican Cultural Institute gallery in San Antonio, Texas.
Essentials Members
Sixto Zavala - Exhibition Design
Misa Yamamoto - Graphic Design
Fabian Villa - Photography & Art Direction
Steven Casanova - Lighting & Video
Adrian Orozco - Publicist & Sound Design
Andrew Anderson - Technical Director & Preparator
Collaborators
Mary Stewart - Stylist
Krithika Reddy - Muse
Sharmeen Anjum - Muse
Duyen Pham - Hairstylist
Crystal N’Cole Lopez - Makeup Artist
Golden Bones - Wardrobe
Josue Hart - Muse
Alice Geaccone - Fashion Designer
Manuel Rubio - Muse
Jalen Howard - Stylist
Ryan McKnight - Sound Design
Joe Vega - Sound Design
Annaleesa Wissinger - Muse
Arianna Wissinger - Muse
Nina Hawkins - Videographer
Fabian Alejandro Diaz - Headpiece Design
Josephine Pearl Lee - Muse
Johnathan Dru Acosta - Muse & Stylist
Omar Cisneros - Fashion Designer
