Bec Stupak (born 1974) is a video and performance artist working in Brooklyn, New York. Her work uses collage, repetition and shifting fields of bright color to create psychedelic animations and films. She got her start early on as a
VJ at
rave
A rave (from the verb: '' to rave'') is a dance party at a warehouse, club, or other public or private venue, typically featuring performances by DJs playing electronic dance music. The style is most associated with the early 1990s dance mus ...
s,
performing around the world and as a regular performer at
Lonnie Fischer's
Ultraworld events at the
D.C. Armory
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.
She was named Art Director of New Media at
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most i ...
in 2000 and remained there until 2003, creating online content and overseeing websites for all Atlantic artists including
Lil' Kim
Kimberly Denise Jones (born July 11, 1974), Those giving 1974 include:
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* better known by her stage name Lil' Kim, is an American rapper and reality television personality. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, she lived much of he ...
,
T.I.,
Trick Daddy,
Jewel,
Brandy
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and many others. Stupak started working with the New York based collective Assume Vivid Astro Focus in 2002.
Their first collaboration was ''Freebird'', which was quickly followed by ''Walking on Thin Ice''. In 2004, the collective was featured in the ''
Whitney Biennial
The Whitney Biennial is a biennial exhibition of contemporary American art, typically by young and lesser known artists, on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, United States. The event began as an annual exhibition in ...
''.
Stupak's first solo show, "Radical Earth Magic Flower", premiered in 2006 at
Deitch Projects gallery in New York. The show featured a number of videos including her blind remake of
Jack Smith's 1962 cult classic ''
Flaming Creatures''.
Stupak returned to Deitch Projects in 2007 for a one night engagement along with
The Dazzle Dancers
The Dazzle Dancers are a performance group founded in 1996 in New York City's Tompkins Square Park during Wignot (the first year that Wigstock didn't happen in the park) by artist Mike Albo (aka Dazzle Dazzle) and Grover Guinta (aka Vinnie Dazzle) ...
to premiere their music video collaboration "The Love Boat". Also in 2007, Stupak began a collaboration with the
Joshua Light Show, which was originally the house
lightshow at the
Fillmore East in the 1960s.
References
External links
Bec Stupak exhibition at Deitch Projects
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Living people
VJs (media personalities)
American performance artists
1974 births