Robert Spahr
Since 2001
Works in Ny, New York United States of America

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BIO
I make visual art from the digital leftovers produced by the main stream media as well as the digital leftovers we create as individuals left behind on social networking sites, and scattered across the web. I write automated computer programs that collect these digital leftovers by scraping them from the web, and remixing them into a digital collage, sometimes these digital leftovers become an image, a video, or text-based poetry. I call this work 'Cruft', which is a computer hacker term defined as an unpleasant substance; excess; superfluous junk; and redundant or superseded computer code.

International: Generative Art International Conference, Lucca, Italy 2012; Generative Art International Conference, Rome, Italy 2011; iV2011, Digital Art Gallery, an Int'l Conference on Information Visualization, London, England 2011; Nictoglobe Online Magazine: Friction Research Issue #4 (Reclaim the Mind), Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2011; Generative Art International Conference, Milan, Italy 2010; DRHA 2010 Conference: Digital Resources for the Humanities and Arts, London, England, 2010; Generative Art International Conference, Milan, Italy 2009; Computer Art Congress 2008, CAC.2, Mexico City and Toluca City, Mexico, 2008; Media Exchange 2, VT Art Salon, as part of the ACIA, Taipei, Taiwan 2008; Generative Art Conference, Milan, Italy 2007; Online Gallery D-ART 2006, London, England and the CGIV 2006, Sydney, Australia; Trampoline Event #19, Nottingham, United Kingdom; Hz Journal, Stockholm, Sweden; 6th International Salon of Digital Art, Havana, Cuba.

National: Interrupt II Festival and Conference - Brown University, Providence RI; From Atoms to Bits: Traces From Inside Plato's Cave, Peer reviewed essay accepted for publication. INPA1, International Photography Annual 1, exhibition-in-print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH; 10 Years + Counting (10YAC), an online exhibit to mark the 10 year anniversary of our nation at war, September 2011; SOS ART, Creative Expressions for Peace and Justice, 2011; "Urban Interventions", at the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, University of Cincinnati; "ubuntu.kuqala" an online digital media/art/video exhibition curated by Dale Hudson & Sharon Lin Tay, Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, Ithaca College; "Adding Insult to Imagery? Artistic Responses to Censorship and Media" at Indiana University of Pennsylvania which then traveled to Central Missouri State University; recent edition of the refereed on-line journal DrainMag.com; Solo show 'CRUFT' at Manifest Gallery; festival and symposium "2006 Perform.Media" hosted by Indiana University in Bloomington.

I was the co-founder and artistic director of the critically acclaimed theatre company, Expanded Arts, where I produced and/or directed over 300 productions, including the "Free Shakespeare in the Park(ing) Lot" series presented on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The successful off-broadway "Shakespeare's R&J" was first produced by Expanded Arts and is now the longest running Romeo & Juliet in the history of Broadway.

My past technical work includes over 10 years of web development and design experience, at various companies in New York City, including About.com, Global Education Network, and the branding firm of Siegel+Gale.

I am currently an Assistant Professor of New Media in the Cinema and Photography Department at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Past teaching experience includes the University of the Arts, Hartford Art School, State University of New York, Purchase College and Dowling College. I have been a visiting artist at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, and Xavier University.
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Re: XP service pack 2


it as something to recommend as an art browser.
>
> Is mozilla/firefox for the mac too?
>
> ja
>

Once again, 30 seconds of browsing on the www.mozilla.org site will tell you that Firefox is available on Linux, Mac and Windows.

-- Robert

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Robert Spahr
http://www.robertspahr.com

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

1984 - George Orwell

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Re: XP service pack 2


Jim,

I am a gentoo linux user, and I can see shockwave within firefox on a installation.

You should research more technical possibilities if you do want to reach more people.

-- Robert

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 06:11:09 -0700
"Jim Andrews" <jim@vispo.com> wrote:

> If you use Linux, you can't see most of my work anyway, since most of it is
> in Shockwave.
>
> The fullscreen thing isn't the way you seem to think it is. It's simply
> *best* to view *some* works fullscreen no browser chrome. If your browser
> doesn't support it, then you can still open the page, but the screen has
> some browser chrome on it. My work tends to use all the space it has
> available to it. It doesn't *require* the full screen. But, for instance, a
> piece like Arteroids or, more recently, the ound poem uses all the space
> it's given and, anyway, why would a work of art want to be framed by browser
> chrome that intrudes its presence into the experience of the art? I can
> think of some reasons in particular types of works, but generally you want
> to engage the whole screen and the whole computer and the whole brain and
> being of the viewer and as much of everything else in the universe as you
> can pack into that screen and the audio etc.
>
> ja
>
>
> > The problem with IE is that it *doesn't* work the way that it should. It
> > uses tons of non-standard stuff so you end up with pages that work in no
> > other browser but IE. That's not the way things should be. I'm running
> > Linux, I don't have the option of keeping a copy of IE lying around for
> > emergencies. That means that those websites are broken, they don't work
> > the way they should. Saying that an exclusive IE solution *works the way
> > it should* would be questionable. So bear in mind that unless you find a
> > way to make this work in all browsers, I, along with a growing number of
> > Linux users, am not going to have the pleasure of seeing your work.
> >
> > Pall
>
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Robert Spahr
http://www.robertspahr.com

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

1984 - George Orwell

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Re: XP service pack 2


Jim,

If the browser does not make scroll bars for a very long vertical page I consider that to be a *BUG*

Of course Firefox will make scroll bars on very long pages, besides that you will have absolutely chrome.

And regarding your 'speaking in ads' comment... sounds like you should revert back to the pre-service pack2 Windows, that Internet Explorer definitely has _all_ the "features" you need.

Now stop being lazy, and get a browser without security holes!

;-)

-- Robert

On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 20:58:56 -0700
"Jim Andrews" <jim@vispo.com> wrote:

>
> > Give it a try and you just might remember what it is like to use
> > software that is free from one companies control.
> >
> > -- Robert
>
> What does it matter if all people can do is speak in ads anyway? Before I
> download it, let me clarify what I mean: just what I said: *absolutely* no
> browser chrome: no status bar, no scroll bars, no nav bar -- no browser
> chrome *whatsoever*. Does Firefox support this?
>
> ja
>
>
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Robert Spahr
http://www.robertspahr.com

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

1984 - George Orwell

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Re: XP service pack 2


Jim,

View menu >> Tool bars >> Navigation bar
(uncheck navigation bar)

then

View menu >> Full Screen

You will then have a full screen. Besides Firefox is not your Mother's Netscape.

Give it a try and you just might remember what it is like to use software that is free from one companies control.

-- Robert

On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 20:30:51 -0700
"Jim Andrews" <jim@vispo.com> wrote:

> Does mozilla go fullscreen absolutely no browser chrome? I kind of doubt it.
> Netscape doesn't.
>
> ja
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Spahr [mailto:rob@robertspahr.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 7:55 PM
> > To: Jim Andrews
> > Subject: Re: RHIZOME_RAW: XP service pack 2
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.mozilla.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 19:23:06 -0700
> > "Jim Andrews" <jim@vispo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > http://forums.devshed.com/showthread.php?t4867 discusses a prob i've
> > > noticed with XP sp 2. A very annoying new "feature" has been
> > introduced into
> > > Internet Explorer. You used to be able to go fullscreen no
> > browser chrome
> > > whatever. Now the browser insists on some browser chrome.
> > >
> > > If anyone has found a way around this, that would be nice to know.
> > >
> > > ja
>
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Robert Spahr
http://www.robertspahr.com

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

1984 - George Orwell

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Home of the Brave


http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/30/nyregion/30deport.final.html?hp

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Robert Spahr
http://www.robertspahr.com

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

-- 1984 - George Orwell