Hello, My name is Steve Belovarich. I am a Digital Artist currently residing in Los Angeles, CA. Thank you for taking a moment to view my resume and reel. I am currently looking to become a member of your creative team. When you look at my resume you will find that I have many talents [...]
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Stephen Belovarich
Let It Bang
The past few months I’ve been collaborating with the new hip hop / synth / indie rock group PRJCTS. This music video for PRJCTS debut single “Let it Bang” is the fruit of our efforts recently. The concept for the video originated from the lyrics for “Let it Bang”, a song about brushing off the [...]
Chasing the Almighty Dollar
This project is another in a string of interactive artworks about the current condition of Americans who struggle to find the American Dream. Throughout my research, I found that most individual’s perception of the American Dream is intrinsically tied to a stable income. As the divide between the rich and the poor grows in America [...]
Big Box
This photograph is characteristic of those found in an ongoing series about the experience of the middle class and low income families in America. I employ the techniques of photojournalists combined with my own aesthetic sensitivity to light and the emotional response of the subject matter to the unfolding scene. The tensions that arise from [...]
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Desert Bliss
This photograph was taken on a road trip from New York to California somewhere in the highlands of Arizona.
Anywhere, America
This photograph is characteristic of those found in an ongoing series about the experience of the middle class and low income families in America. I employ the techniques of photojournalists combined with my own aesthetic sensitivity to light and the emotional response of the subject matter to the unfolding scene. The tensions that arise from [...]
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Culture Jamming 101
I taught a class about Culture Jamming at Syracuse University in the Spring ’09 and the Spring ’10. The students in the class continually surprised me by producing some excellent activist art. There were students from various programs including Computer Art, Video Art, Film, Design, Business, and Photo Art. This mix of students allowed for [...]
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American Dream Machine
The American Dream Machine is an engine for visual rhetoric. This political apparatus continuously appropriates images from the public sphere, forcing the participant of the device to conform to idealized imagery presented to them. The American Dream Machine, or ADM for short, is a one stop convenient polling station for the American people. The machine [...]
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The Mall
This photograph is characteristic of those found in an ongoing series about the experience of the middle class and low income families in America. I employ the techniques of photojournalists combined with my own aesthetic sensitivity to light and the emotional response of the subject matter to the unfolding scene. The tensions that arise from [...]
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Deconstructing a Junk Pile
This photograph is characteristic of those found in an ongoing series about the experience of the middle class and low income families in America. I employ the techniques of photojournalists combined with my own aesthetic sensitivity to light and the emotional response of the subject matter to the unfolding scene. The tensions that arise from [...]
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Thanksgiving Dinner
This photograph is characteristic of those found in an ongoing series about the experience of the middle class and low income families in America. I employ the techniques of photojournalists combined with my own aesthetic sensitivity to light and the emotional response of the subject matter to the unfolding scene. The tensions that arise from [...]
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Live Without Dead Time
Live Without Dead Time is an ongoing series of photographs that illustrate the obsession many of us now have with electronic devices. This project is an investigation into how the fast paced lifestyle we experience alters the condition of our personal relationships and community. Where would we be without telecommunication, the appliances of the modern [...]
Sunset on Rt. 20
This photograph was taken during one of my many treks between Syracuse and Albany, NY. I caught the sunset at just the right moment in some rural farmland. I came back later to find the field bulldozed for the construction of a new Supermarket.
Illuminated Data Modules from Outer Space
This screenprint illustrates the United States as viewed from Space at night. Titled “Illuminated Data Modules from Outer Space”, the work emphasizes the networked nature of our society. The system of roads is noticeable even while distorted. Printed in a limited edited of twelve prints with glow ink. This work is part of an online [...]
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No Strings Attached @ Techno Culture
No Strings Attached is on the road with Techno Culture, a group exhibition featuring artists who utilize “numerous forms of electronic technology in their work.” Techno Culture is currently at the Dowd Gallery on the SUNY Cortland campus, after debuting at the RedHouse in Syracuse, NY. Other artists in the show include Wafaa Bilal, Shawn [...]
Highway
The glow of the screen is alluring, yet it displaces me from reality. Through the artwork I make with electronics, I confront the disconnect between the perpetual advancement of technology and the erosion of the natural perceptual awareness of our immediate environment. I explore my love/hate relationship with computers, as I contend with a mediated [...]
NSA, Audiobombs, & .highway @ Electric Art 4
Exhibition of Steve Belovarich’s work is at Electric Art in Syracuse, NY on April 10, 2009 included an Installation called “No String Attached”, where two mannequins say what is available on the Casual Encounters section of Craigslist; “.highway”, a visualization of the GPS grid as someone drives on the highway through mountains and cityscape (viewed [...]
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Audiobombs Hit the Streets This Spring
The history of graffiti will reveal the political rhetoric of the oppressed through images and slogans. Indeed, the voices of many otherwise unheard have shined through the use of graffiti. Look at all the tagging of graffiti artist signatures on trains and underpasses. The graffiti image may seem ambiguous and ever changing, sometimes incomprehensible. This [...]
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The Tourist Episode 2 “iNeed”
In the second episode of the online TV series “The Tourist”, Steve and Al go shopping at the Mall. “The Tourist” is an online video series about the relationship between a man and his wearable computer named Al. The series takes an absurd look at the relationships man has developed with his machines in the [...]
The Tourist Episode 1 “The Tourist”
“The Tourist” is an online video series about the relationship between a man and his wearable computer named Al. The series takes an absurd look at the relationships man has developed with his machines in the early 21st century. View the second episode of The Tourist where I go to the Mall! Watch The Tourist [...]
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“The Tourist” Debuts at COTA in New Paltz, NY
The first episode of the upcoming web series called “The Tourist” was screened inside a portable storage container today, Sunday September 28th at The Celebration of the Arts in New Paltz, NY. The POD screening was curated by Betty Greenwald. “The Tourist” is an online video series about the relationship between a man and his [...]
Crescant Over Colorado
Photo taken during an adventure in Colorado somewhere in the Rockies just outside of Boulder.
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Information Hunter Gatherer @ Electric Art
Information Hunter Gatherer, a video game where the player shoots down news headlines and gathers the content of the news story, premiered at the Electric Art Show in Syracuse, NY on April 26, 2008. The program and installation was created by Stephen Belovarich. Information Hunter Gatherer is a video game where the player can reflect [...]
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Rutt Etra Prototype Using Max/Jitter
Synthesized video was inspired by 1960s music synthesizers like the Moog. Early video image processing strategies “sought to subvert the traditional broadcast television image and attempted ‘to conjure up the new realities associated with hallucinogenic drugs’” (Meigh-Andrews, 112). Video Art pioneer Nam June Paik teamed up with Electrical Engineer Shuya Abe in 1969 to produce [...]
Max/MSP for Beginners Workshop
Audio/Video Sequencing for Artists 01/30/2008 4-7pm Shaffer 018 If you want me to travel to your locale and teach a similar workshop, email me directly at steve at installationspace dot com and I will respond. Max/MSP is a graphical environment for creating and manipulating audio, video, and multimedia with a computer. The tutorial will be [...]
“Attention Span” @ Spark Meet & Greet
Attention Span is a series of video loops to be watched while listening to binaural beats. The combined A/V effect may produce a trance in the viewer. This is a magnification of what may be happening when someone watches television. Download the Brainwave Generator for Windows or Sbagen for Mac/Linux for audio. I apologize, but [...]
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Meditation in Outer Space
Throughout my life, I have gained inspiration from the Night Sky. Several nights of my youth were spent laying in a field where I witnessed the subtle movement of sprawling starscape above. These were moments of contemplation, deep spiritual awakenings which spurred me to consider the relative insignificance of my own being to the ebb [...]
Technobabble
I sit still, caught in the embrace of the machine. My subconscious mind wanders into an infinite boggle of television quotes and online messages. Sometimes I babble quotes from TV to my friends, other times I am just talking to the computer. Cursing at the screen for displaying an inconsequential error, I find myself lost [...]