Bec (they/them) is a Crip, mad, AuDHDer making art and bringing folks together.
The nature of their art practice is shaped by their bodymind’s everchanging, unstable, and unpredictable states. They are often hyper-focused & forgetful of their existence, likely sitting/lying down beneath a laptop & a hard drive creating, studying, or organizing something. Their recent filmmaking practice has included manipulating/abstracting/deconstructing footage from public archives, their childhood, and/or their own archive of footage stored in a folder they’ve labeled “misc.” They’ll collect footage when they can, either with old digital cameras, their phone, or 16mm & super 8 whenever possible. As of late they are spending most of their time lovingly organizing gentle, virtual crip gathering spaces around art & film & care & rest.
They love: hearing every single detail of your day, cats, spreadsheets, staying up all night absorbed in an activity, joyfully waving hello, chocolatey sweets, and making others feel cared for and valued.
Bec is the Founder & Festival Director of RestFest Film Festival, a film festival & online gathering space created by/for Disabled, Deaf, chronically ill, neurodivergent, mentally ill, and/or mad community. Screenings of their film include BFI Future Film Festival (Nominated for Best Documentary and Best Experimental Film; London, U.K.), Brussels Independent Film Festival (Brussels, Belgium), Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (Winning Best College Long Narrative; Florida, U.S.), CineYouth Festival hosted by Chicago International Film Festival (Illinois, U.S.), Los Angeles International Underground Festival (California, U.S.), FIN Kids Stream Festival (Nationwide, Canada), MICA Film and Animation Festival (Maryland, U.S.) among others. Group exhibitions include Horizons Design + Art Exhibition (Barry Gallery; Virginia, U.S.), PRAYERS FOR THE PANDEMIC; PRAYERS FOR PROGRESS (Drawing Rooms; New Jersey, U.S.), [REDACTED TITLE]* (Chelsea College of Art; London, U.K.). Their artwork has been published in Zeniada Magazine, Wishbone Words Magazine, and Lassitude Zine (part of Wellcome Collection Museum’s library; London, U.K.). They hold a B.A. in Film & Media Studies with a minor in Visual Arts from Johns Hopkins University, during which they spent a semester on exchange at Chelsea College of Art in their B.A. Fine Art programme.
See: CV
Reach out at: Contact
Visit: RestFest Film Festival
Bec is shown from the hips up with their hands touching their hair, which is up in two buns behind their head. The photo of Bec is a bit washed out and has a halftone effect. In front of them, there is black text that is partially blurred reading, “Bec Miriam” and “artist-filmmaker” below that. Behind Bec, there is an outline of an oval in black, which is also partially blurred.