[iDC] Steve Wilson 1/10/11

[Marc Lafia]

Very sad to hear this. Steve had an extraordinary passion and an  
extensive embrace and knowledge of the digital arts and its importance.

Marc


On Jan 13, 2011, at 10:20 AM, Joel Slayton wrote:

> I first met Steve in 1982.  He was a young professor at SFSU and I  
> had just arrived in SF from MIT and was scouting about to find out  
> who was doing what where.  Over the years we developed an important  
> friendship and professional relationship.  Steve often described art  
> as being necessarily responsible as a guardian of the cultural  
> frontier.  Whether one agreed or disagreed, Steve was firmly  
> committed to the promotion of research, artistic experimentation and  
> the challenges of transdisciplinary artistic practice.  He will be  
> sorely missed.
>
> Joel
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> On Jan 12, 2011, at 2:23 PM, Christiane Robbins wrote:
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>> I can't tell you how deeply saddened I am to hear of Steve's passing.
>> Often not fully acknowledged, he was early force behind the
>> advancement of digital media and various conceptual and art practices
>> in the SF Bay Area. Not only had he been a colleague, he was a friend
>> - full of energy, high spirits and always moving forward.  He (and
>> George ) offered me my first university faculty position in the
>> unheard of program area of digital media  - right out of graduate
>> school which set me on a path that always gave reason for a chuckle.
>>
>> Many of us in the digital realm who were orbiting around the Bay Area
>> in the 90's might not be practicing today had it not been for the
>> consistency of his encouragement.  To be sure, this hovered above the
>> Sisyphean obstacles placed before him by the mechanisms of the public
>> university. That is to say, the persistent  budget cuts by public
>> university funding that continually plagued his tenure at SFSU.  To
>> say he did his best would be an understatement - and he did so not
>> only for the betterment of his own program but he did so to ensure  
>> the
>> evolution of the field.  The digital media world is in debt to his
>> vision, to his energy,  to his good-humored tenacity and to fostering
>> a committed community of artists and intellectuals.
>>
>>
>> Chris
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>> On Jan 12, 2011, at 7:06 AM, Trebor Scholz wrote:
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>>> From Molly Hankwitz:
>>>
>>> FYI, I know Steve was a contributor and respected colleague on this
>>> list.
>>> Molly H
>>>
>>> From: cathy witzling
>>> Subject: Steve 1/10/11
>>>
>>>
>>> My dear people,
>>> I am so sad to have to tell you that Steve died at about 8:00 this
>>> morning, in his sleep. The end was peaceful.
>>> Funeral services will be held on Thursday, 1/13/11, at 11:00AM.
>>> People are asked to arrive at 10:30AM. The services will be held at
>>> Sinai Memorial Chapel, 1501 Divisadero St., San Francisco, CA 94115.
>>> Please don't send flowers, but you can make a charitable
>>> contribution--I will send another email out with the details.
>>> Thank you all so much for your love and concern. You meant a lot to
>>> him.
>>> Love,
>>> Cathy
>>>
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