Jesse Stagg
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Jesse Stagg is a multi-disciplinary creative director, writer, and producer who bridges media, arts, and design.
Beginning a career in South Africa as graphic designer at Ogilvy Advertising, Stagg then co-founded the UFO Collective, becoming a key figure in SA's early hip hop and dance music scene producing Africa's first rave the World Peace Party and first electronic music venue Club Eden. Later, in the United States, he produced Leonardo Di Caprio's millennium event and ran creative departments and projects for major media corporations (Cartoon Network, Disney, Paramount, Warner Bros.) developing successful launch campaigns across all media formats for hit shows Dexter’s Laboratory, Johnny Bravo and Powerpuff Girls, Batman Beyond and the Star Trek franchise.
At the forefront of online media, Stagg played a design role in the early days of Disney.com and Hollywood Records and later launched web presences for CBS radio stations (KROQ.com, KCBS.com) before creating the Cathouse, the first weekly live streaming variety show (1999 to 2000). Notably, the term "Webisode" was coined for Stagg’s web-animated series "The 7th Portal," produced and voiced by Stan Lee in his only non Marvel super hero franchise.
A dedication to the arts led to his role as Communications Chair at LACMA’s Graphic Arts Council. Here he tripled membership, commissioned works by renowned artists (Raymond Pettibon, Kenny Scharf, Ed Moses) and championed video game art with LACMA's "Into the Pixel" awards. As Video Director of ForYourArt.com, he coined the influential arts portal's name and video direction, working with key art world figures (Hans Ulrich Obrist, Yoko Ono, Mike Kelley, Marina Abramovich). His influence extends to street art with the “Great UNCoverup” with Bettina Korek, lauded by art critic Christopher Knight as a “…lucid work of public art”, and as US consultant to Banksy for the "Barely Legal" exhibit, and curator of the massive Nelson Mandela Mural by Shepard Fairey, print edition unveiled at the Smithsonian by President Obama.
As Media Arts Instructor Stagg has lectured at UCLA D|MA, CalState LA and AFDA. Award-winning (Webbys, Murrow Prize), his work's been featured by Wall Street Journal, TIME, CNN, Variety, and Hollywood Reporter. He's also been interviewed by VICE, Urb, Cosmopolitan, Tech TV, and LA Times.
See also[edit]
- Cartoon Network - What A Cartoon!
- Batman Beyond
- World Peace Party
- Club Eden
- Nelson Mandela Mural by Shepard Fairey
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External links[edit]
- Obama Foundation: Celebrating Mandela 100
- Vice: World Unknown: South African Acid House
- History of South African Dance Culture
- LA Times: A billboard’s statement
- CNN: Larry King Live – Stan Lee, Spiderman and the 7th Portal
- For Your Art
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