DesignFest 4.5
2012- The Beginning or The End?
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Westwood College South Bay played host to it's annual DesignFest 4.5 On December 9th, 2011. The exhibit which included work from current Visual Communications and Game Art Students as well as Design Alumni examined the potential future coming in a post 2012 world. Is an apocalypse inevitable or could we be on a path to a beautiful Utopian future?
As guests entered the exhibit they were welcomed by recorded and projected video messages as well as live uniformed DF 4.5 Guides whom
greeted them and offered a tour of the event. The first stop of the
tour was the theme room, which showcased a progression of artistic
possibilities leading from light utopian visions to a dark and destroyed future. Guests were then lead to a life drawing room with an
apocalyptic heroine modeling for live drawing sessions. 
As the tour progressed, guests were led to a gathering place with food and music provided by DJ. The final stop on the tour was an artist alley. Graduates Matt Alarie, Erika Gomez, Johnny Gomez, Rodrigo Lopez, David J. Martinez, and Ulmar Palacio where all on hand to display and discuss their portfolios, demo reels, and current work. The artists sold posters, prints, and t-shirts which were screened on site.
Thank you to all the students who submitted work, the DesignFest 4.5 committee, students Nathaniel Charpentier, Dijon Herron, Karen King, Brian Parungao, Aaron Stanfield, Enrique Reyes, Laura Rosales, Kat Wiechart, Faculty and Staff Advisors Alicia Gorecki and Tuan Hua, Design Department Chair Anna Tuason, and to the administration for allowing us to showcase our amazing students!
