Electronic Arts Intermix: Stephen Beck

Stephen Beck

Overview

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.

Titles

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Synthesis

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

Illuminated Music II & III

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

Video Weavings/Anima/Union

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

Voodoo Child

1982, 6:54 min, color, sound