Stephen Beck

A pioneeer in video technology and image processing, artist and engineer Stephen Beck developed one of the first video synthesizers—the Beck Direct Video Synthesizer—in 1969. Electronically fusing moving color imagery with recorded visual material in real time, Beck created performance collaborations with musicians. In 1974, he designed the Video Weaver, a digital video computer with "warps" and "wefts" based on traditional textile looms. Beck's pure abstractions of moving light and color represent a fusion of art and technology.   full biography

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1971-74, 28:56 min, color, sound
 
Conception
1972, 5:20 min, color, sound
 
Methods
1971, 10:44 min, color, sound
 
Cycles
1974, 10:12 min, color, sound
 
1972-73, 29:36 min, color, sound
 
Illuminated Music II
1972-73, 14:02 min, color, sound
 
Illuminated Music III
1972-73, 13:48 min, color, sound
 
1974-76, 26:32 min, color, sound
 
Anima
1974, 8:51 min, color, sound
 
Union
1975, 8:23 min, color, sound
 
Video Weavings
1976, 9:18 min, color, sound
 
1982, 6:54 min, color, sound
 
 

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