Jeff Mach

Jeffrey Peter Mach

Jeff Mach at the 2011 Steampunk World's Fair
Born (1975-01-27) January 27, 1975
Teaneck, New Jersey, United States
Occupation Event organizer, playwright
Alma mater Rutgers University
Genre Science fiction, fantasy, steampunk

Jeff Mach /dʒɛf mæk/ (born January 27, 1975) is an American playwright, musician, and founder of Widdershins, LLC, which organizes and promotes a series of events[1] including Wicked Faire, the Steampunk World's Fair,[2] the Anachronism, the Geeky Kink Event, and other steampunk, science fiction, and fantasy events.[3]

Life

Mach grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey.[4] He attended Rutgers University, where he studied anthropology and playwriting. During that time, Jeff founded the campus Rocky Horror Picture Show club and produced his first event, "International Counterculture Konvention". In 2006, he held the first Wicked Faire, a Renaissance fair event that differentiates itself from others of the genre by being held in the winter, by being held entirely indoors, and by favoring a mixture of genres over immersive purity.[5]

After learning about the Steampunk movement by attending SalonCon,[6] Mach collaborated to organize the first Steampunk World's Fair (2010).[7][8] Originally expecting approximately 500 attendees, the event drew upwards of 3,500[9] After the event received significant critical and fan acclaim,[9] Mach went on to organize several other recurring Steampunk events such as The Anarchronism at Webster Hall and the Alternative Living Expo[10][11][12]

He now lives in Hackensack. He was the Philcon 2010 Fan Guest of Honor[13] and the Great New England Steampunk Exposition 2011 Fan Guest of Honor.[14]

Collaborations

Steampunk City Returns to Morristown (2014)

This program is a collaboration between Historic Speedwell and Jeff Mach Events, the producers of the Steampunk World’s Fair, the world’s largest Steampunk show.

“The staff at Speedwell started hearing more and more about the Steampunk community and these alternate history enthusiasts. We realized that with Stephen Vail’s interest in innovation and almost constant tinkering, and the time period in which he was living, a Steampunk event at Speedwell was a great fit,”


Pride Parade News: Equality for all - with Robot to boot (2014)

On June 29th, the annual Gay Pride Parade in New York City will be bustling with colorful, lively and moving marchers and floats. For the very first time, a member of the “non-human” species aka a Robot will be proudly supporting this equality for all event.

"We wanted to build something to highlight how creative Steampunk could be,” noted Mach. “"We believe that Steampunk should be inclusive, and we wanted to symbolize that in the parade. And a giant robot is a symbol that's pretty hard to ignore."

Works

Events

2001

Jeff mach in his new hat with clipboard in hand

2002

2003

2006

2007

2009

2010

2011

2013

2014

2015

Plays

Poems

Music

References

  1. 1 2 3 "A Talk With Jeff Mach". DC-geeks.com. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
  2. ↑ "City resident brings steampunk fans together". Northjersey.com. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Hark, the sexy geek: Nerds get a hormonal boost at NJ convention". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
  4. ↑ Dieselpunks Interview, retrieved 12 October 2011
  5. ↑ Interview with Jeff Mach at DexCon 10
  6. 1 2 Kern, Jac (April 25, 2012). "Full Steam Ahead:Locals put Cincinnati on the map of steampunk empire". Citybeat.
  7. ↑ Beckerman, JIM. "Steampunk Realm is in the Spotlight at Events in Manhattan and New Jersey". North Jersey News. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  8. ↑ Gilsdorf, Ethan (December 29, 2010). "Steampunk: The new Goth". Christian Science Monitor. p. 3. Retrieved February 21, 2012. Jeff Mach, one of the partners behind New Jersey's Steampunk World's Fair, remembers Goths back in the 1990s sniping at one another for not being "Goth enough." No so with this latest, more inclusive cultural mashup. "It's not starting from a single point but many points," he says.
  9. 1 2 Pho, Diana. "At The Steampunk World's Fair". Beyond Victoriana. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  10. 1 2 Franklin, Pat (February 25, 2011). "Steampunk Expo takes you 'Back Home to Future'". Mainline Media News. Retrieved February 22, 2012. And what a long way Steampunk has come. Originally an underground design, it has risen to the mainstream and now merits a two-day event produced by Bruce Rosenbaum of ModVic (Modern Victorian) and Jeff Mach of Anachronism.
  11. ↑ Eichel, Molly (February 28, 2011). "That Victorian Vibe". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved February 21, 2012. This weekend, Rosenbaum and Jeff Mach of Hackensack, N.J., will present what may be the first steampunk expo, at the Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks.
  12. ↑ Burge, Kathleen (February 10, 2011). "Steampunk fest in Waltham to aid flood-damaged museum". Boston Globe. Retrieved February 21, 2012. Jeff Mach, an organizer of alternative festivals from New Jersey, is helping create the Waltham event. “It’s got such a fantastic history,’’ he said. “Waltham as the ‘Watch City’ would actually be similar to what a steampunk city would have been like.’’ line feed character in |quote= at position 103 (help)
  13. ↑ PhilCon Guest of Honor Bio
  14. ↑ TGNESE Fan GoH Bio, as archived by Google. retrieved 14 October 2011
  15. ↑ Gaetano, Chris (2008-02-20). "Faire Attendees Have a Wicked Good Time". Edison Metuchen Sentinel. Retrieved 2009-11-19. "Wicked Faire" is a labor of love for Mach, a Hackensack resident and the event's organizer, who this year made putting it together his full-time job.
  16. ↑ Levin, Robert (April 2010). "The Steampunk's World Fair". Inside Jersey (New Jersey On-Line). Retrieved December 30, 2011.
  17. ↑ "The geeky Kink Event".
  18. ↑ http://www.othergods.org/BOOK%20REV%20and%20Etc/jeffhelppoem.html
  19. ↑

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