Stewdio
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- moamoa0
stewido, great work!
*applause
- stewdio0
No worries! (Mos def not thin skinned.) Was just trying to clear up what I thought was confusion: iQuit is not the "front door" to Stewdio. It's just another "project."
In the meantime, this clip from UK's "Nevermind the Buzzcocks" is one of the greatest things I have ever seen:
- gramme0
haha, hope I wasn't too harsh stewdio. You are a talented fella and a nice guy, I'm sure you'll find a solid gig :)
- stewdio0
I think there's still confusion here ;)
iQuit is just a one-off project. My portfolio is actually at http://stewdio.org/. It's pretty minimal and internally consistent. Not chaotic. I'm not anti-chaos, but I think I'm getting credit here for being uber noisy and eclectic when that's not my style. I like order and simplicity.
I can't defend myself against the naval-gazing assessment. I mean . . . I am sort of unemployed and penniless at the moment so I am living in my own world: Accidently rented RoboCop on iTunes this morning and ate a bag of chips alone with my morning coffee. Just needed some brainless down time before coming up with a new (doomed to failure) plan for making my work financially sustainable. Maybe I need to refresh this old joke :
Email God for $1.00 (donation)
http://stewdio.org/emailgod/
- Anders0
Gramme, the creativity on the www is still constrained in every way.
I don't think you can compare Adbusters here, but what I meant is that I'd like to see a more customised approach to the actual content. See http://jasonsantamaria.com/artic… as an example, he tries to design each post to fit its content.
- gramme0
Anders: usability, visual interest, and originality have never—ever—been mutually exclusive. Stewdio is an intelligent guy, I'll give him that; but chaos is just not my bag regardless of the concept behind it all. In such cases, style gets (ironically) in the way of content. Think of Adbusters, for instance. What a navel-gazing, doom-mongering piece of work that is!
- stewdio0
ok JSK. i'm sending you an email :)
- JSK0
Do you want to work on project by project bases. Obviously I am not a capital holder by any means but I would want to other stuff.
But grants are going to be tough. Maybe working at university might help.
- stewdio0
Yes. Synopsis: Received BFA in 2003. Worked in NYC for a few years at O R G / doing my own projects. Left in 2006 to get my MFA. Done. Back in NYC. Economic melt down. Heavy student loans.
What I'd really like to do is secure grants / funding to just continue my own experiments. It's not a totally hopeless cause; In the past I've created publications, patent applications, software, etc. I do a lot of programming. I really enjoy re-humanizing computers. But being so vague with goals doesn't secure much confidence in capital holders. But yea . . . a funded community of artist-engineers sounds good.
- JSK0
DId you finish your masters?
What kind of paying collab you looking for? I have personal projects that I want to get going and I can pay you what I can.
- stewdio0
don't be confused. have a glass of milk:
- robotron3k0
i'm soooo confused. what does all this doing mean??
- nosaj0
Just watched Jed's Other Poem again - brilliant.
- Imposeum0
DESIGN. GREAT WORK!! ALL CAPS
- stewdio0
or a time machine and a mustache; because Xerox PARC in the 70's would be pretty rad too.
- stewdio0
you're a sweet crowd. thank you.
any teaching gigs or paying collaborations out there? things were so good before the economy tanked. now, not so much. and the rent's due in a week. anyway thanks :)
- Sorry, but I used your app, and quit my jobabettertomorrow
- :) yea i know. i dug my own hole there!stewdio
- armsbottomer0
great conceptual projects. i really like your work.
- stewdio0
there's a bit of confusion i think . . . iQuit is just a single project. the "minimal" portfolio that people are commenting on is simply http://stewdio.org/
- set0
- Anders0
Interesting that so you either love it or find it confusing.
The internet I grew up with (!) was complex by its lack of uniformity.
You would have to see the next page with fresh eyes, even within the same website.I think this multi-design approach is what makes the internet great, it embraces wild thought and look (in theory). As portfolio sites go, this is rare. We've almost been brainwashed to think towards usability instead of interestingness or original ways to communicate.
It's why, if I was to choose between the two, I would choose myspace over facebook.