In 1987, I was in search of an academic homebase, at least for a short spell. I guess i was alerted early that the university was dead, and the Conceptual Design Program at SFSU offered me, thanks to Brian Rogers, a temporary berth. My second year into the program, Brian hired Steve. It has taken me years to figure out, how I decided to apply to the program, why i was excepted to the program [with any training in the arts then], and why Brian hired Steve. I'm still not sure I know. Hindsight can be just another form of distortion. But, if i have anything to add to the Steve Wilson legacy, and this is what is the issue here, it is this: Brian recognized that Steve's anthropology might be a great gift to the arts. So it has turned out. Steve gave the technoculture arts world an incredible reflection upon itself. The lessons of which won't be recognized, probably, for at least another decade. or two. Information about information art, is a slow burn. The only comparable book is Lucy Lippard's Six Years of Dematerialism. I suggest we insist on its classic status.<br>
<br>The vision, and possibilities of Conceptual Design, then, was soon lost. Brian left the program. The world moved unfortunately to privatized software apps. Steve carried the vision forward.<br><br>The 'history' of computer art, platform-based work, and its history, even when it's inevitably wrong, must contend with Steve's work. <br>
<br>That's the context.<br><br>The person issue is: he was an amazing human. <br><br>mark bartlett<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 3:19 PM, sarah lewison <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:slewison@siu.edu">slewison@siu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">oh heck. Jesse, you are right, its the digital quaker meeting and i'm feeling the need to pitch in. The spirit. It is such a shock to imagine that Steve, with his endless energy, alertness and generosity, is no longer with us! He gave me my first shot at teaching too, straight out of grad school, as a substitute for him while he was on semester sabbatical- what gigantic shoes I had to fill! His practice was so joyously experimental and curious, and even a little kooky. Many of his projects were really funny, even as a kind of dark humor, or as a kind of ecological humor. How refreshing that was, and how much we need that even more. He will be so missed. thanks for providing this forum where all of us who were touched by him can share our experiences with Steve, - caring thoughts for those who were closer to him.<br>
Sarah Lewison<br>College of Mass Communication Arts<br>Southern Illinois U,
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1. Re: Steve Wilson 1/10/11 (Paul Vanouse)<br>
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Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:22:01 -0500<br>
From: Paul Vanouse <<a href="mailto:vanouse@buffalo.edu" target="_blank">vanouse@buffalo.edu</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [iDC] Steve Wilson 1/10/11<br>
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Ah what a terrible loss. Some of the things that I will miss the<br>
most about Steve was his bottomless curiosity and creative energy.<br>
Not only did Steve endeavor to survey the big picture of<br>
technological arts, but he did so in a broad, unselfish, and even<br>
handed way. He constantly expanded the boundaries of the field in<br>
his writing, teaching and tireless archiving of the field. His own<br>
practice was likewise continuously open to change and playful<br>
experimentation. Thinking back upon his projects of the last 25<br>
years he seems to have done the work of three diverse artists... and<br>
all while creating a lasting pedogogical program at SFSU.<br>
What a very fine fellow indeed. I am dumbstruck and deeply saddened<br>
by this sudden news.<br>
Paul<br>
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On Jan 14, 2011, at 7:34 AM, Danny Butt wrote:<br>
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> I only met Steve the once but I've always appreciated the massive<br>
> amount of work he did to make experimental technological research<br>
> by artists a valued part of the university landscape. I think all<br>
> of us working in the new media / arts area owe something to his<br>
> efforts to establish the field. Sad to hear of his passing, and<br>
> thankful for the contributions and remembrances here from those who<br>
> knew him well. I have the feeling that he would prefer to rest less<br>
> "in peace", but rather with many exciting new projects to undertake<br>
> in the worlds that follow this one.<br>
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> Danny<br>
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> On 14/01/2011, at 11:20 AM, Marc Lafia wrote:<br>
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>> Very sad to hear this. Steve had an extraordinary passion and an<br>
>> extensive embrace and knowledge of the digital arts and its<br>
>> importance.<br>
>><br>
>> Marc<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Jan 13, 2011, at 10:20 AM, Joel Slayton wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> I first met Steve in 1982. He was a young professor at SFSU and<br>
>>> I had just arrived in SF from MIT and was scouting about to find<br>
>>> out who was doing what where. Over the years we developed an<br>
>>> important friendship and professional relationship. Steve often<br>
>>> described art as being necessarily responsible as a guardian of<br>
>>> the cultural frontier. Whether one agreed or disagreed, Steve<br>
>>> was firmly committed to the promotion of research, artistic<br>
>>> experimentation and the challenges of transdisciplinary artistic<br>
>>> practice. He will be sorely missed.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Joel<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Jan 12, 2011, at 2:23 PM, Christiane Robbins wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> I can't tell you how deeply saddened I am to hear of Steve's<br>
>>>> passing.<br>
>>>> Often not fully acknowledged, he was early force behind the<br>
>>>> advancement of digital media and various conceptual and art<br>
>>>> practices<br>
>>>> in the SF Bay Area. Not only had he been a colleague, he was a<br>
>>>> friend<br>
>>>> - full of energy, high spirits and always moving forward. He (and<br>
>>>> George ) offered me my first university faculty position in the<br>
>>>> unheard of program area of digital media - right out of graduate<br>
>>>> school which set me on a path that always gave reason for a<br>
>>>> chuckle.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Many of us in the digital realm who were orbiting around the Bay<br>
>>>> Area<br>
>>>> in the 90's might not be practicing today had it not been for the<br>
>>>> consistency of his encouragement. To be sure, this hovered<br>
>>>> above the<br>
>>>> Sisyphean obstacles placed before him by the mechanisms of the<br>
>>>> public<br>
>>>> university. That is to say, the persistent budget cuts by public<br>
>>>> university funding that continually plagued his tenure at SFSU. To<br>
>>>> say he did his best would be an understatement - and he did so not<br>
>>>> only for the betterment of his own program but he did so to<br>
>>>> ensure the<br>
>>>> evolution of the field. The digital media world is in debt to his<br>
>>>> vision, to his energy, to his good-humored tenacity and to<br>
>>>> fostering<br>
>>>> a committed community of artists and intellectuals.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Chris<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On Jan 12, 2011, at 7:06 AM, Trebor Scholz wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>>> From Molly Hankwitz:<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> FYI, I know Steve was a contributor and respected colleague on<br>
>>>>> this<br>
>>>>> list.<br>
>>>>> Molly H<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> From: cathy witzling<br>
>>>>> Subject: Steve 1/10/11<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> My dear people,<br>
>>>>> I am so sad to have to tell you that Steve died at about 8:00 this<br>
>>>>> morning, in his sleep. The end was peaceful.<br>
>>>>> Funeral services will be held on Thursday, 1/13/11, at 11:00AM.<br>
>>>>> People are asked to arrive at 10:30AM. The services will be<br>
>>>>> held at<br>
>>>>> Sinai Memorial Chapel, 1501 Divisadero St., San Francisco, CA<br>
>>>>> 94115.<br>
>>>>> Please don't send flowers, but you can make a charitable<br>
>>>>> contribution--I will send another email out with the details.<br>
>>>>> Thank you all so much for your love and concern. You meant a<br>
>>>>> lot to<br>
>>>>> him.<br>
>>>>> Love,<br>
>>>>> Cathy<br>
>>>>><br>
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