Being a curator is more than throwing an event or creating an immersive experience with cool installations and brand activations. The painstaking attention to detail and a genuine love for the culture is what separates the boys and girls from the men and women, and Stay Silent PVD prides themselves on being their biggest fans.
Known as an “experience agency,” Stay Silent PVD focuses on marketing, event production, content creation and pop-up retail projects, according to their website. The New England-based company launched in December 2012 by co-creators Sabrina Chaudhary and Jason “Where’s Nasty” Almieda after the two met in college, according to Stay Silent PVD’s Facebook page, and the ball has been rolling ever since.
Stay Silent PVD will be bringing their #EGGSOVER brunch series to A3C Oct. 7, so we talked with the creators about what it means to be a curator, their personal tastes and determining the “it” factor.
We've been going down to A3C for a few years now as attendees. During one of the years, we met A3C curator, Yusuf, who really thought our branding for our Eggs Over brunches were really dope. The following year, A3C reached out about getting us involved so it's been an on going conversation for a few years now.
We pride ourselves in really being fans of what we're putting into the world and involved in. It's like being an active participant in culture. We would have been attending A3C, even if we weren't hosting Eggs Over.
Energy --- What type of attitude do they have? How do they carry themselves? How do they treat people? It's not just about being a good artist, but being a better person. Putting that positive energy into the world makes us excited to work artists.
As long as the people using these titles are actually doing what their title entails, there's no issue. Curation is an essential part of our everyday life because of all the options. The world needs people who are going to put things on the radar. It's almost become a word for someone "having taste."
Every detail matters, from how you feel when you look at the flyer to what you experience when you walk into a space. No detail is too small.
Our brunch is used as a platform to pay homage to an artist/producer's discography. So while we won't have any performers, we will have DJ's playing music produced by Just Blaze. Coming of age in the '00s, what Just Blaze did with Roc-A-Fella records was really the soundtrack for high school and college for us. "Flipside," "I Really Mean It," "Touch The Sky" were all moments in time while we were growing up.
Leave it at the door and treat everyone with respect.
For us, coming from the New England region, just being able bring something we created outside of our hometown is a big deal to us. For 4 hours during our brunch, we're going to be sharing a piece of our culture with A3C and Atlanta.
It's all based on our experiences and perspective. With our events, we want to people to look at the world thru our lens. Whether that's putting a DJ/artist on someone's radar, introducing someone to a restaurant or just showing support for what we believe should be at the forefront.
From being around different people. We find new music online thru blogs and different playlists but aren't really sold on it until we see the energy of people at events, stores, or wherever our travels take us. There's no algorithm that can replace energy.
By creating space for the new artists to grow and show their depth with their own personal brands. We use our events and playlists as a place to balance the classics but also give chances to the emerging.