[Sigia-l] Freelance interaction design opportunities?

[sgp]

Hi all:

I am writing to inquire about any opportunities for freelance interface or
interaction designers or possible collaborations. I am an interaction
designer, professor and artist currently in practice in New York City. My
education includes a Bachelor of Architecture degree from University of
Minnesota CALA and a Masters from Columbia University GSAP. Presently, I
teach Interface Design, Multimedia Studio and Thesis Studio in the MFA in
Design and Technology Program at Parsons and Interface for Public Space at
Columbia Graduate School of Architecture.

Four years ago, I transitioned from architecture to join Plumb Design as a
Site Developer constructing websites. My background in architecture allowed
me to easily conceptualize the projects and become active in their formation
and implementation. Plumb Design had no specific Information Architect role
as it was shared by the project team members. I ultimately created a new
position, a liaison between the design and technology departments, where I
worked on projects from their initial conceptual phase, creating conceptual
models and diagrams, to site launch and documentation. This new role while
called Technical Producer was effectively an Information Architect and
Interaction Designer rolled into one.

My independent work since leaving Plumb two years ago explores architecture
as an interface protocol between the activity of our daily lives and the
space of the network. Recent projects include PDPal (www.pdpal.com), a
mobile-based mapping and storytelling project, a wireless PDA interactive,
and a public curatorial environment for Mass MoCA. My work has been
exhibited in Berlin, Mexico City, Florence, New York and at the Banff Centre
for the Arts.

Thank you for your time.
I eagerly look forward to your reply.
[sgp]

Scott Paterson
www.sgp-7.net

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Scott Paterson
somebody at sgp-7.net


Interactive Projects:

"PDPal" 2002-2003
Co-producer (with Marina Zurkow and Julian Bleecker) and Interaction
Designer
Wireless public art project
Supported by Creative Time, the Walker Art Center, and Eyebeam Atelier

"(Your Show Here)" 2002
Co-Producer (with Nina Dinoff and Chris Pennock) and Interaction Designer
Interactive curatorial installation
Commissioned by Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art

"February 24, 2002 White Oak Plantation - Baryshnikov Studio" 2002
Producer, Director and Animator, Digital animation short

"Prototype for Static Vehicle" 2001
Designer and Programmer, Interactive for PDA's (Personal Digital Assistants)

Plumbdesign 1999-2001
Technical Producer and Site Developer for interactive projects:
"The Genomic Revolution", Web-based exhibit for American Museum of Natural
History
"V-Day Virtual Headquarters", Web-based headquarters for non-profit movement
"Museum of World Religions", Interactive theater installation in Taipei,
Taiwan

"*-scope" 1999
Designer and Programmer, Participatory online 3D environment

"SOLaR" 1998
Designer, Interactive installation for Pier 54, New York City


Exhibitions:
"PDPal"
·         Times Square New York City, 2003
·         Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 2003
·         Transmediale.03, Berlin, 2003
·         Eyebeam "Beta Launch" group show, New York, 2002

"(Your Show Here)"
·         Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, 2002

"February 24, 2002 White Oak Plantation - Baryshnikov Studio"
·         WhitneyBiennial.com online group show, 2002

"Prototype for Static Vehicle"
·         "Mint" group show, BrooklynFront Gallery, New York, 2002
·         Rhizome.org Artbase, 2002

"*-scope"
·         Rhizome.org Artbase, 2002
·         "Expandible Structures" group show, Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico
City, 2002
·         "Image: Architettura in Movimento", International Festival,
Florence, Italy, 1999

"SOLaR"
·         "Public Property-Competitions and the Public Realm", Fordham
College, 1998


Grants:
·         Emerging Artists, Emergent Media3, 2002 (for PDPal)
·         Rhizome, 2002, Honorable Mention (for PDPal)


Residencies:
·         Eyebeam Atelier, 2002
·         Arts Alliance Lab, 2000


Teaching:
·         Adjunct Associate Professor, 2003-present, Graduate School of
Architecture, Columbia University
·         Faculty, 2003: Dot.City, Bauhaus Kolleg, Dessau Germany
·         Faculty, 2001: "Crossover," Web Lab
·         Visiting Instructor, 2001, Graduate School of Architecture,
Columbia University
·         Adjunct Professor, 2000-present, MFADT Program, Parsons School of
Design
·         Teaching Assistant, 1998, Graduate School of Architecture,
Columbia University


Panels / Presentations:
·         SUNY Purchase, "Write Your Own City with PDPal", 2003
·         Print Magazine's Annual Interaction Awards Juror, 2003
·         Doors of Perception, "Open Doors", 2002
·         Banff Center for the Arts, "Artificial Stupidity Artificial
Intelligence", 2002
·         Banff Center for the Arts, "Interactive Screen 02", 2002
·         Creative Time, "Blur 02 : Power at Play in Digital Art and
Culture", 2002
·         WebLab's Crossover Studio A at White Oak Plantation, Florida, 2002
·         Eyebeam Atelier, "Open Source Architecture: Building Eyebeam",
2001
·         Princeton University School of Architecture, "Static Vehicles",
2001
·         Banff Center for the Arts, "Emotional Architectures", 2001
·         Banff Center for the Arts, "Interactive Screen 01", 2001
·         Banff Centre for the Arts, "Living Architectures", 2000
·         NJIT, School of Architecture, "Lunch with JODI and the
Webstalker", 1999


Bibliography:
·         Wired, October 2003: "Stroll Down Memory Lane, With PDA"
·         ReadyMade, Issue 8, Fall 2003: "Sim City"
·         Intelligent Agent, Fall 2003: "Towards an Emotional GPS"
·         Liberation, October 2002: PDPal
·         Interior Design, September 2000: "Bull Market"
·         ArtByte, July 2000: "Rhizome Splash Page"
·         Interior Design, May 2000: "The Learning Curve"


Education:
·         Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and
Preservation, M.S. in Advanced Architectural Design, 1996
·      University of Minnesota College of Architecture and Landscape
Architecture, Bachelor of Architecture, 1994