“It is we ourselves
Who make an image.
Either we see it
Or we don’t.
The way lies not in the equipment.”*

Namaste!

Stephen “Steve” Beck is an American artist, inventor, writer, high tech toy and game designer, educator, entrepreneur, educator and mentor who pioneered video synthesis and interactive video art from the pre-digital era through the present post-digital days.

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Albert Einstein **

Editions of his video artworks are in collections worldwide including the Museum of Modern Art New York, The Pompidou Center Paris, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art New York, among many others. 

“Chance favors the prepared mind.” Louis Pasteur 

Upcoming exhibitions of Video Weavings are scheduled for “Electric Dreams” at The Tate Modern in London in November 2024, and also in “Electric Op” at the BuffaloAKG Art Museum in September 2024, then moving to the Musée d’arts de Nantes, Nantes, France in 2025.

“The Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patterns, just as the Jacquard-loom weaves flowers and leaves.” Lady Ada, Countess of Lovelace 1842***

His BeckHaus Studios La Florida is now in full operation after expanding from over half a century in the north hills of Berkeley, California. Beck added The Sunshine State to The Golden State.

“The cause of death is birth.” The Buddha

* from “Zen and the Art of Photography”