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Interlude features a marble-topped coffee table and a towering
four-panel screen, among other pieces in the collection

Walking into one of their storied,
thematic parties or viewing a new
collection-even watching the two short
films they have produced-are events
all their own; that's the Apparatus way.
When surrounded by experiential art
performances and obscure displays of
grandeur, shock is an inevitable state. It's
only upon realizing the moment is fleeting
that pandemonium strikes-leaving all who
were invited under the veil to return to the
way they were, only now more elevated,
educated, and incredibly moved by what
Hendifar and Anderson have been able to
achieve in only eight years.
What makes Apparatus' work coveted
and envied is Hendifar's ability to tap deep
into his creative genius and not hold back.
"I have become quite comfortable with the
distance between the idea and the reality,"
says Hendifar, who studied costume design
and worked in womenswear is Los Angeles
before moving to New York with Anderson,

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his husband and partner, in 2011. "The more
years I get to do this, the more I've learned
to celebrate the fact that things don't always
turn out the way I have imagined."
Hendifar not only orchestrates the creative
direction of each collection but also organizes
them by acts, three of them to be exact, with
an interlude that debuted in April at Salone
del Mobile in Milan and culminated with the
release of the hand-embroidered floor lamp
at the Salon Art + Design show at the Park
Avenue Armory in New York in November.
Not unlike the other acts, the composition of
the seven pieces in interlude were centered
around a narrative that is woven throughout
each piece.
"There are people out there who have
sacrificed everything for their art and that
informs a lot of what we do," says Hendifar,
who created interlude as a brief pause before
releasing another full collection. "The passions
behind the virtuosic performer, midcentury
classical music, and the depth of Maria

Callas is found throughout each piece." If the
narrative is the leading lady, the materials
make up the supporting cast. Eel skin is
layered over hand-embroidered mesh to create
a towering four-panel screen. A three-piece,
curvilinear coffee table is topped with rare
Patagonia marble and rests on six polished
brass cylinders. More eel skin, folded leather,
alabaster, bronze, hand-dyed silk, and tiny
glass beads make up the rest of the collection,
placing interlude on a level all its own.
There is a lot on the horizon for Apparatus,
but perhaps not as obvious as the luxurious
materials or the dreamy narratives is another
tenet to their work: community. "Jeremy and
I like to think we have an obligation to make
things that stand for something a little bit
bigger," says Hendifar. "Our tentpole moment
is about generosity, making beautiful things,
bringing people together, and being nice in
return." hd
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