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BIO
lou suSi is an accomplished designer focused on: ux; design leadership and education; public speaking; art and design curation; performance art; dynamic and new media; dark humor; and cyberSurrealism.
lou currently works as a UX Manager for Sallie Mae's Web Strategy team in Newton, Massachusetts. He earned his MFA in Communication Design in the Winter of 2011 from The Dynamic Media Institute at The Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. His thesis 'confounded: future fetish design performance for human advocacy' leverages humor, performance art intervention and scenario-driven, tech-themed prototypic simulations to explore our human relationships with and through our modern and near-future technologies.
• lou curates live, interdisciplinary, cyberSurreal exhibit-events as the Bureau of cyberSurreal investigation
• he founded and collaboratively composes and plays with the laugh performance group Laugh Foundation
• lou also plays guitar and sings with lou suSi + the information, Mother Funkenstein and the art rock orkestra Group of 9
lou currently works as a UX Manager for Sallie Mae's Web Strategy team in Newton, Massachusetts. He earned his MFA in Communication Design in the Winter of 2011 from The Dynamic Media Institute at The Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. His thesis 'confounded: future fetish design performance for human advocacy' leverages humor, performance art intervention and scenario-driven, tech-themed prototypic simulations to explore our human relationships with and through our modern and near-future technologies.
• lou curates live, interdisciplinary, cyberSurreal exhibit-events as the Bureau of cyberSurreal investigation
• he founded and collaboratively composes and plays with the laugh performance group Laugh Foundation
• lou also plays guitar and sings with lou suSi + the information, Mother Funkenstein and the art rock orkestra Group of 9
RHIZOME_RAW : ReeR ::: Rhizome needs to drop ...
Hey - if this $ thing is such an issue - why don't the people who are
so inclined not to pay a mere $5 found their own community-based new
media site of some sort or just converse for free w/ the people they
already know in the industry? i don't get the argument really : if you
want to join costco to by inexpensive mayonnaise in 5 gallon jugs - you
pay like $35 a year and get all these deals in the club > if you don't
like that business model, or if you don't want the products they have
there, then you usually go to the local grocery store instead
it's a nearly-free country
> Hi all,
>
> below:
>
> On May 24, 2004, at 3:11 PM, ryan griffis wrote:
>
>>> I undestand the push for removing the $5 but I dont think it would
>>> solve the underlying questions, if the choice is an org which is
>>> dependent on unaccountable trust funds or membership based, the
>>> latter is so much more what this whole community is about.
>>
>> certainly, i don't think t.whid's initial question was about "to pay
>> or not to pay." i think the idea is that for those of us who
>> consider
>> ourselves invested in Rhizome as an activity/forum, it would be
>> great if it could be expanded for temporary publics that may not be
>> interested in Rhizome as a long term community or as a participant,
>> but may have short term interests (research, curiosity, etc.).
>
> Ryan is correct. I don't think the fee is evil or bad, in fact, i
> think
> everyone should all donate by a factor of 5x the current fee (at
> least).
>
> What is bad is that it locks down the free-flow of info. By all means
> have a fee with features attached that don't interfere with free
> linkage.
>
> But, as Curt pointed out, you *can* link to individual articles. I
> tested this and it seems to be true (Francis please confirm). If you
> go
> here http://x-arn.org/artnode/ you can see a list of fresh texts
> (click Rhizome Fresh Texts) and you can also link to an RSS feed of
> these fresh texts.
>
> If you click on the links from the web site you go directly to the
> Rhiz
> article whether you're logged in or not. (For some reason when
> following links from my news reader I can't go directly to the
> article :( i go to the log-in screen )
>
> I was wrong, it seems anyone can link to any article and anyone can
> follow those links to the articles as long as the referrer isn't
> Rhizome or if the referrer doesn't exist. Is that how it works?
>
> The problem then, isn't IF you can link to Rhiz articles, it's that
> Rhiz doesn't seem to want non-members to link to Rhiz articles
> because they make it hard to do so by not providing the tools (RSS
> feeds with subjects/descriptions of articles).
>
> For example, if I'm a non-member of Rhizome, how do I decide I would
> like to link to an article on the home page? I see the headline, I
> see a short description, but I can't read the entire thing to
> decide.. unless someone (other than Rhiz) provides me with a link..
> or I make it
> myself..
>
> This is just kinda nutty functionality (i understand it was a
> compromise): only people other than Rhiz can provide access to
> non-members.
>
> +++
>
> or perhaps this is me just whining because I want a fully functioning
> Rhizome Raw in my news reader so I can clear out my email box ;-)
>
>
>> This is not a matter of whether members would/should pay for
>> supporting something they are part of, but is rather about WHAT
>> members are paying for. hence t.whid's concern about linking and the
>> future posterity of Rhizome as an active resource. Anyway, many
>> arguments about logistics and needs/desires could be made, and i'm
>> not making any at the moment (though those desiring feeds have my
>> ear), but i think it's important to not take the discussion back
>> to the $5 argument, as i don't think anyone is wanting to
>> financially desert Rhizome.
>> best,
>> ryan
>>
>
> ===
> <twhid>http://www.mteww.com</twhid>
> ===
>
>
> +
> -> post: list@rhizome.org
> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> -> subscribe/unsubscribe:
> http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz -> give:
> http://rhizome.org/support
> -> visit: on Fridays the Rhizome.org web site is open to non-members
> + Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
> Membership Agreement available online at
> http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
Lou Susi : BXOS !nteractive! Inc. : lou@bxos.com : 617.750.2922
Lou Susi : BXOS !nteractive! Inc. : lou@bxos.com : 617.750.2922
so inclined not to pay a mere $5 found their own community-based new
media site of some sort or just converse for free w/ the people they
already know in the industry? i don't get the argument really : if you
want to join costco to by inexpensive mayonnaise in 5 gallon jugs - you
pay like $35 a year and get all these deals in the club > if you don't
like that business model, or if you don't want the products they have
there, then you usually go to the local grocery store instead
it's a nearly-free country
> Hi all,
>
> below:
>
> On May 24, 2004, at 3:11 PM, ryan griffis wrote:
>
>>> I undestand the push for removing the $5 but I dont think it would
>>> solve the underlying questions, if the choice is an org which is
>>> dependent on unaccountable trust funds or membership based, the
>>> latter is so much more what this whole community is about.
>>
>> certainly, i don't think t.whid's initial question was about "to pay
>> or not to pay." i think the idea is that for those of us who
>> consider
>> ourselves invested in Rhizome as an activity/forum, it would be
>> great if it could be expanded for temporary publics that may not be
>> interested in Rhizome as a long term community or as a participant,
>> but may have short term interests (research, curiosity, etc.).
>
> Ryan is correct. I don't think the fee is evil or bad, in fact, i
> think
> everyone should all donate by a factor of 5x the current fee (at
> least).
>
> What is bad is that it locks down the free-flow of info. By all means
> have a fee with features attached that don't interfere with free
> linkage.
>
> But, as Curt pointed out, you *can* link to individual articles. I
> tested this and it seems to be true (Francis please confirm). If you
> go
> here http://x-arn.org/artnode/ you can see a list of fresh texts
> (click Rhizome Fresh Texts) and you can also link to an RSS feed of
> these fresh texts.
>
> If you click on the links from the web site you go directly to the
> Rhiz
> article whether you're logged in or not. (For some reason when
> following links from my news reader I can't go directly to the
> article :( i go to the log-in screen )
>
> I was wrong, it seems anyone can link to any article and anyone can
> follow those links to the articles as long as the referrer isn't
> Rhizome or if the referrer doesn't exist. Is that how it works?
>
> The problem then, isn't IF you can link to Rhiz articles, it's that
> Rhiz doesn't seem to want non-members to link to Rhiz articles
> because they make it hard to do so by not providing the tools (RSS
> feeds with subjects/descriptions of articles).
>
> For example, if I'm a non-member of Rhizome, how do I decide I would
> like to link to an article on the home page? I see the headline, I
> see a short description, but I can't read the entire thing to
> decide.. unless someone (other than Rhiz) provides me with a link..
> or I make it
> myself..
>
> This is just kinda nutty functionality (i understand it was a
> compromise): only people other than Rhiz can provide access to
> non-members.
>
> +++
>
> or perhaps this is me just whining because I want a fully functioning
> Rhizome Raw in my news reader so I can clear out my email box ;-)
>
>
>> This is not a matter of whether members would/should pay for
>> supporting something they are part of, but is rather about WHAT
>> members are paying for. hence t.whid's concern about linking and the
>> future posterity of Rhizome as an active resource. Anyway, many
>> arguments about logistics and needs/desires could be made, and i'm
>> not making any at the moment (though those desiring feeds have my
>> ear), but i think it's important to not take the discussion back
>> to the $5 argument, as i don't think anyone is wanting to
>> financially desert Rhizome.
>> best,
>> ryan
>>
>
> ===
> <twhid>http://www.mteww.com</twhid>
> ===
>
>
> +
> -> post: list@rhizome.org
> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> -> subscribe/unsubscribe:
> http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz -> give:
> http://rhizome.org/support
> -> visit: on Fridays the Rhizome.org web site is open to non-members
> + Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
> Membership Agreement available online at
> http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
Lou Susi : BXOS !nteractive! Inc. : lou@bxos.com : 617.750.2922
Lou Susi : BXOS !nteractive! Inc. : lou@bxos.com : 617.750.2922
New Media Guest Lecture by Sinus Brady
Dates:
Wed May 12, 2004 00:00 - Thu May 06, 2004
:: on May 12 from 11 to noon : nsm will be hosting the final installment of their New Media Guest Lecture Series : Database Administrator + Poet - Sinus Brady - will be presenting 'Of Mouse and Men : discourse on new media, technology, poetry and the corporate working environment' : the lecture is free and will be in McGauvern Room 325 at UMass Lowell : contact lou@newsummedia.com for directions to the lecture space : see newsummedia.com for details on other guest lectures in the nmglSeries ::
:: http://www.newsummedia.com ::
:: Contact : lou@newsummedia.com ::
:: http://www.newsummedia.com ::
:: Contact : lou@newsummedia.com ::
:| guest lecture series : nsm : Walter Wright : tripped-out video artist |:
Dates:
Tue Mar 09, 2004 00:00 - Tue Mar 09, 2004
dear rhizome community
on wednesday march 10 2004 newsummedia and the new media group in Lowell will be having guest lecture presenter Walter Wright in to discuss his 'tripped-out' video events, video installation art, techniques of his video art and new media issues and concepts in general : although there is no streaming-cam capture of the event - all documented commentary and a press release will be posted at the nsm website at http://www.newsummedia.com : any questions or concerns - please contact me at ls@newsummedia.com : thank you :
: lou suSi : nsm : ls@newsummedia.com :
on wednesday march 10 2004 newsummedia and the new media group in Lowell will be having guest lecture presenter Walter Wright in to discuss his 'tripped-out' video events, video installation art, techniques of his video art and new media issues and concepts in general : although there is no streaming-cam capture of the event - all documented commentary and a press release will be posted at the nsm website at http://www.newsummedia.com : any questions or concerns - please contact me at ls@newsummedia.com : thank you :
: lou suSi : nsm : ls@newsummedia.com :
Re: joywar pow-bang
hello joy : hello nicholas
this is nice work! : very cool : what's the 'joywar'? the 'pow-bang'? is this the name of the piece?
just wondering
lou suSi : BijaXOuS suPpleMente
nicholas economos wrote:
> hello joy,
> yesterday i sat frustrated to respond. my backwoods ISP was doing
> server maintaince. but here's some now....
>
> http://www.wallcloud.com/molotovpow.html
>
> mirror:
>
> http://www.wallcloud.com/molotov.html
>
> nicholas
this is nice work! : very cool : what's the 'joywar'? the 'pow-bang'? is this the name of the piece?
just wondering
lou suSi : BijaXOuS suPpleMente
nicholas economos wrote:
> hello joy,
> yesterday i sat frustrated to respond. my backwoods ISP was doing
> server maintaince. but here's some now....
>
> http://www.wallcloud.com/molotovpow.html
>
> mirror:
>
> http://www.wallcloud.com/molotov.html
>
> nicholas
CURATED EXHIBITIONS (1)