Awards & Accomplishments

Thanks To Support From Fans, Friends & Family, Bevelvision Is Going Live!

by MatBevel Admin | May 31, 2015 | Uncategorized

Many people have enjoyed Mat Bevel’s live performances—the Museum of Kinetic Art with its 92 animated sculptures and 52 captivating characters, including Walter Ego, The New Non-Prophet and Dr. Paradox. Our vision for many years has been to capture the magic of Beveldom using stop-motion animation and video, and deliver this world up close and personal to people around the world through the Bevelvision online interface. The script—The Three Days of Beveldom—is written and includes 435 theatrical vignettes. The narrative takes place at the online Museum of Kinetic Art where everything is made with discarded objects, using the principles of Available Resource Technology or ART. 

On May 1, we launched a campaign to raise $15,000 to produce an introduction to Bevelvision called Welcome To Beveldom. Thanks to the generous support of fans, friends and family we reached our goal! You can still contribute and receive recognition at the unveiling of Bevelvision, or make a tax-deductible donation to our on-going filming after Welcome To Beveldom is completed.

With the capital we raised, we purchased a broadcast quality Canon EOS C100 Cinema Camera as well as video, animation, editing equipment and software to complete the introduction. 

All supporters will be acknowledged at a reception where we’ll unveil theWelcome To Beveldom to the public. 

Jester Physics: Gifts over $500

For for gifts over $500, you’ll be recognized at the Jester Physics level on our Facebook pages and at the unveiling of the introduction to Bevelvision. In addition, you’ll be invited to an exclusive champagne reception and tour of the Museum of Kinetic Art, where artist-scientist Ned Schaper shares how his new art form evolved.

The state of the art-science complex located on the sprawling campuses of the School of Intuition has been under the direction of Jester Physics since its inception in the early days of Beveldom. Bringing science, art, and religion back into the same sentence is the only way for technology to tread forward.  

Coffee Guru: Gifts between $250-$499

For gifts between $250 and $499, you’ll be recognized at the Coffee Guru level on our Facebook pages and at the unveiling of the introduction to Bevelvision. You’ll also receive a limited edition Welcome to Beveldom fine art print signed by artist-scientist Ned Schaper, creator of Beveldom and Bevelvision. 

Coffee Guru is a cool cat who talks in a knowing sort of way. In Beveldom, he’s the host for straight talk across the hedge, walking the Bevel’s edge. He can be found playing homemade musical instruments made out of junk, the Gururu and an upright base, at the Bevel Café. 

Major Metamorphosis: Gifts between $100-$249

For gifts between $100 and $249, you’ll be recognized at the Major Metamorphosis level on our Facebook pages and at the unveiling of the introduction to Bevelvision. You’ll receive a one-of-a-kind Major Metamorphosis thank you card with a personal note from artist-scientist Ned Schaper. 

Major Metamorphosis is a pivotal character in Beveldom. He stands in the Bevel Rocket on the Launch Pad to Success and tells a tale of metamorphosis. The action of the rocket engine flaps the newly grown wings on his helmet. Major Metamorphosis, though timid in the limelight, is fearless in the face of darkness because he is a moth.  

Society for Bevel Intentions, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) and your gift may qualify as a charitable deduction for federal income tax purposes. Our Registered Charitable Number is: 13-4012463. There are two ways to give: 1) Make a donation online by clicking the red Donate To Bevelvision link above (you’ll be directed to Pay Pal at Society for Bevel Intentions, Inc.) or 2) Write a check made payable to “Society for Bevel Intentions, Inc.” with “Launch Bevelvision” written in the memo and send to Society for Bevel Intentions, Inc., P.O. Box 1684, Tucson, AZ 85702.

If you’d like to learn more about Bevelvision, call Paula Schaper at 520-604-6273 or email pschaper@bevelintentions.org.

Siblings Come Together For Bevel Intentions

by MatBevel Admin | Mar 16, 2015 | Uncategorized

Ned Schaper, creative director and content creator for Society for Bevel Intentions, Inc. Photo courtesy Abril Castillo.

Ned and Paula Schaper, who worked together in the mid-90s, join forces once again, now that the Internet Super Highway has been built and is ready for quality content that the entire family can enjoy together.

Yes, they were swimming compadres from a young age, but destiny had much more in store for them than workouts. In 1992, Paula left the Bay area and her work with popular music entertainers to work with her brother Ned. After three years together building an avant guard live performance theater company together, they realized that the time was not yet right for their ultimate goal: Bevelvision, Internet TV for audiences around the globe. They knew that the business model for the Internet still needed to evolve. And they also realized that once the highway was built, there would be a need for quality content, especially fine art. 

As Paula was preparing her research on several large-scale project she remembers her brother’s advice. He said, “Paula, you won’t reach your destination on the path you’re on.” She took that advice very seriously and considered an alternate route.

Paula Schaper, marketing director and content promoter for Society for Bevel Intentions. Inc. Photo courtesy Jim Schrimpf.

During the summer of 2014, as Ned was preparing for his solo exhibit at the Tucson Museum of Art, Paula realized that it was now time to work together again. “Once I saw the response to my brother’s show at the Tucson Museum of Art, I knew the world was ready for this inspirational work. It was then that I decided to make a lateral move and help Ned get Bevelvision out to the world.” 

On a more philosophical note, Ned shares, “Your future shows up at your doorstep. You do not have to look for it. You are not in charge. You are only a good worker or you’re not a good worker. Art happens when you accept this and step out of your own way. Art happens at the River of Creation because that’s the only flow there is.”

Society for Bevel Intentions: On Broadway

by MatBevel Admin | Mar 16, 2015 | Uncategorized

Artist Ned Schaper in front of his new location on Broadway, wearing the Painful Moment Simulator. Photo courtesy of Abril Castillo.

After a bit of turbulence when the former Mat Bevel Institute of 17 years was demolished at 530 N. Stone, sculptor, poet, performer, physicist Ned Schaper dubbed the large landscape of found-object sculptures The Beveled Ark after moving them three times in 6 months. His former 5,000 square foot historic warehouse was leveled in anticipation of a highway.

Now Ned and his sister Paula have established the Society for Bevel Intentions in the Sam Hughes neighborhood. The new location offers Ned and Paula a long anticipated business opportunity. Here at the former Rose Petal Bridal Fashions store, they’re launching Bevelvision Internet TV for audiences of all ages around the globe.

The name Bevelvision refers to seeing through the bevel, past the surface. The bevel is a portal that leads to a virtual temple of pathways lined with iconoglyphs where people can go beyond the surface to a deeper world of alternative inspiration.

Schaper explains, “The internet allows us to go back to nature in the sense that everything we need is ‘virtually’ there, but we have to find it. So the interface of the technology must, like the plants, allow us to sort through it without having to see it all. We need to be able to navigate thru to the areas that will give us what we need by sensing what to ignore.”

Ever adaptable, once Schaper set-up the Museum of Kinetic Art in the new location, he realized that from Broadway, they looked like they were packed into an aquarium. With The Rose Petal’s gallery-like interior and large glass display windows, Schaper calls the new location the Bevelarium.

For more information, contact Paula Schaper by phone at 520-604-6273 or email: pschaper@bevelintentions.org.

Sam Hughes Neighborhood Tour Features New Mat Bevel Location

by MatBevel Admin | Mar 15, 2015 | Uncategorized

Ned Schaper at his new location in Tucson’s Sam Hughes neighborhood. Photo courtesy Abril Castillo.

Sculptor, poet, performer, physicist Ned Schaper docked his 92-piece sculpture collection in the Sam Hughes Neighborhood in late 2014. The move came on the heels of his solo show at the Tucson Museum of Art called Welcome to Beveldom: Mat Bevel’s Museum of Kinetic Art.

Schaper opens his doors for the first time in this new location, at2855 E. Broadway Blvd., as part of the Sam Hughes Neighborhood Tour on Sunday April 12 from noon to 5 pm. You are invited to come see the future of ART as you walk among the kinetic sculptures on the production set for Bevelvision, Mat Bevel’s new Internet theater.  
In the future, audiences anywhere in the world will be able to enjoy the Mat Bevel world of kinetic art and its captivating characters, including Lover Boy, The New Non-Prophet and Dr. Paradox. Set in a narrative of 435 theater vignettes, The Three Days of Beveldom is being produced here, at the former Rose Petal Bridal Fashions store, right now.

All of Schaper’s art has been created from discarded objects, using his principles of Available Resource Technology (ART). When you step inside, you’ll experience a mechanical rainforest and the enchanting cacophony created by animated sculptures with names like Americana Duck, Sharka and The F.A.R. Gun. These kinetic sculptures have been props and costumes—headdresses, motorized vehicles, musical instruments and mechanized puppets—used onstage alongside 52 action heroes in the Mat Bevel live theater experience.

Once Schaper installed his sculptures in this new location, with its open interior space and large glass display windows, he saw that they look as though they are in an aquarium. Schaper calls this space the Bevelarium.

For more information, contact Paula Schaper by phone at 520-604-6273 or email: pschaper@bevelintentions.org.