Bec (they/them) is a Crip, mad, Autistic+ADHDer making art and bringing folks together.
The nature of their art practice is shaped by their bodymind’s everchanging, unpredictable states. They are often hyper-focused & forgetful of their existence, making, studying, or organizing things while beneath a laptop & a hard drive or with their hands stained by charcoal & surrounded by paints (always with cats in-view). Their recent filmmaking practice has included manipulating/abstracting/deconstructing footage from public archives, their childhood, and their own archive of footage stored in a folder they’ve labeled “misc,” such as with As one. They’ll collect footage when they can, either with vintage digital cameras, their phone, or on 16mm & super 8 whenever possible. They spend much of their time lovingly organizing gentle, virtual Crip gathering spaces around art & film & care & rest: RestFest Film Festival.
Screenings of their films 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 (Winning Best Student Film, California, U.S.), MikroFAF Festival (Belgrade, Serbia), FIN Kids Stream Festival hosted by Atlantic International Film 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, Lassitude Zine (now part of Wellcome Collection Museum and Oxford Brooks University libraries; London & Oxford, U.K.), and FEELS issue 23 (Canada). They hold a B.A. in Film & Media Studies with a minor in Visual Arts from Johns Hopkins University. During their studies, they spent a semester on exchange at Chelsea College of Art (UAL) in their B.A. Fine Art program and became a visiting student in the MICA and NYU Arts Departments.
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 worldwide.