Stuff was the first publishing venture under the → ↑ → imprimatur following the publication of the Made By → ↑ → book. For 'editor' Philip Brophy, the concept was to invite a wide array of writers to submit a short piece on any topic or subject or theme of thing they wished. There was no 'editing' as such: the important thing was that writers would utilise the opportunity to write and have published something that was not designed to fit anywhere, but was simply a self-contained piece of writing, almost devoid of context. Also, the idea was to not labour over the writing, and throw oneself into addressing whatever was the topic at hand. For Philip, this was aligned to most → ↑ → projects: they were always mounted with a solid conceptual foundation, yet there was never any real concern or angst over whether the concept was clear, watertight, thorough or digestible. Philip's faith in the materialization of a concept accepted that such would be the vehicle for allowing the concept to be communicated.
Not all writers were as excited by this brief as Philip was, so the production of the monthly publication became logistically impeded. The last three issues were 'double issues' because writers took longer than anticipated to submit their pieces - and more and more writers seemed most interested in writing a critique of being invited to write something for Stuff. Regardless, the issues collectively document the rabble and noise of a wide range of writers trying out their ideas and personal views - some critical, some poetic, some intellectual, some journalistic, some antagonistic. Each issue of Stuff was photocopied as loose sheets (from hand-typed masters), gathered in a cardboard folder, screen-printed with the Stuff logo and date-stamped.
Judy Annear - Letters
Philip Brophy - Denim Schmenim
Rolando Caputo - The Antishoes By Leonardo Pellinacci
Dreamflesh - In The Interests Of A Quiet Future
Peter Lawrence - Minder
Adrian Martin - True Grid
Meaghan Morris - Premieres & Physical Jerks
John Nixon - First Blood
Vivienne Shark-Lewitt - Tattslotto
Paul Taylor - The Men of Tom of Finland
Ralph Traviato - Impossible Artlessness
Linda Baron - Black Clothes
Kim Beissel - Memory & Music
Marcus Breen - Karl Marx Because ...
Stuart Coupe - Dick Gaughan
Ashley Crawford - Port One
Robert Goodge - Rose Tattoo Scarred For Life
Colin Hood - A Review Of Reading Habits
Ted Hopkins - Bombs Away
John Potts - Car Crashes
Andrew Preston - Maintain Your Rage
John Barbour - The Object Of My Attention
Raffaele Caputo - Grammies, Elvis & Going Elsewhere
Michelle Churchill - Cassettes & Reggae
Juan Davila - Good Luck
Merryn Gates - State Of Independence
Gerard Hayes - Parties
Ian Robertson - de-Meaning, de-Stuffing
Mark Titmarsh - Insurrection Of The Humanoids
Peter Tyndall - Anorexists! Nuvo-Expressionists! Drought-Breakers!
John Barbour - Painting & Being Painted
Kim Beissel - A History Of The Beatles - 50 Cliches Condensed
Melanie Brelis - Pleasure Of The Lash
Philip Brophy - End-ing
Warren Burt - Music Without Hatred
Raffaele Caputo - That Naughty Girl
Bill Gent - Murder, Murder, Dangerous Crime
Ted Hopkins - An Introduction To The Sea
Sonia Leber - Herbert Heerbert: Jerry Lewis' Ladies Man
Myron Lysenko - Cars, You Can't Escape Them
Adrian Martin - Repressed
Philip Moreland - The Camera Never Lies - My Arse
Vivienne Shark-Lewitt - In The Desert
Ruth Williams - Countdown
Peter Anderson - Life Drawing
Peter Anderson - You Go To An Art Gallery
Louise Bellamy - The Night Porter
Louise Bellamy - So Don't Play Mozart
Rolando Caputo - Movie Movie
Simon Crosbie - Saint Cecilia
Glenn Cizano - Doreen, Melbourne 1978
Barbara Fraxineis - Fuck Off Get Stuffed
Bill Gent - Or The Imaginary Man (part 2)
Robert Goodge - Names
Colin Hood - First Draft For A Smutty Art Criticism
Ivan Johnson - Ivan Johnson On Film For The First And Last Time
Angie Maher - Scratching An Itch
Glen Manison - Kick One, Punch Two, Fall Down, Play Dead
Adrian Martin - Born Loser
Ron Meerbeek - Sex
Andrew Preston - Edited Highlights Of Sale Of The Century In The Year 2000
James Scanlon - Art, Homour, Suffering
Vikki Riley - This Magazine Is For Editing Personal Complaints
Clinton Walker - Guitars
Judy Annear - Telephones
Warren Burt - .. De La Reve ...
Philip Brophy - Visions Of Reality
Raffaele Caputo - Are The Stars Out Tonight ...
Rolando Caputo - I, Mobster
Bill Gent - Or The Imaginary Man (part 1)
Bill Gent - Or The Imaginary Man (part 3)
Shelley Kay - Vocation As Self
Maria Kozic - An Article
Adrian Martin - The Bottom Line
Bruce Milne - Product Of A Sick Mind
Jennifer Phipps - Foot Note
Andrew Preston - What Happens When A Camera Pans Ninety Degrees Left?
John Potts - The Seventies (One Big Holiday)
Ian Robertson - Ventriloquism/s, Or, A Series Of "Honesty/s"
Terry Smith - 'The Field' Then and 'The Field Now': A Fragment
Ken Wark - Radio Gaga