Rob Myers
Since 2003
Works in United States of America

ARTBASE (3)
PORTFOLIO (2)
BIO
Rob Myers is an artist and hacker based in the UK.

I have been creating images of the contemporary social and cultural environment through programming, design software and visual remixing since the early 1990s. My work is influenced by popular culture and high art in equal measures. My interest in remixing and sampling has led to my involvement in the Free Culture movement. I have been involved in the public consultation regarding the Creative Commons 2.0 and CC-UK licenses. All my visual art is available under a Creative Commons license.

My interest in programming has led to my involvement with the Free Software movement. I developed the Macintosh version of the Gwydion Dylan programming language compiler. All my software is available under the GNU GPL.
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DISCUSSION

Artbase


The artbase seems very active at the moment.

Which is cool.

- Rob.

DISCUSSION

DISCUSSION

Re: On 8-Bit Aesthetics: Hackers or Hacks?


I'd love to think that 8-bit retro art is the digital equivalent of
Expressionism's interest in woodcut, or possibly an electronic
Pre-Raphaelitism.

But I have the nagging feeling that it's actually Thomas Kinkade for geeks.

- Rob.

DISCUSSION

Mono [was: Re: RHIZOME_RAW: Re: Re: Re: Re: Horror Episodes in the Net.ArtHistory]


Quoting "marc.garrett@furtherfield.org" <marc.garrett@furtherfield.org>:

> We did think of using Mono ourselves, but it was for only a second - so
> glad that we steered away from that decision...

The effort from the mono project to make C# the preferred development platform
for Linux so Microsoft can then wipe it out is one of the more bizarre bits of
useful idiocy in the Free Software world.

Given the community's refusal to dance off that particular cliff, my main
concern with Mono is that Linden Labs have worked it into Second Life as the
new scripting engine there. I'm not saying SL didn't need a new scripting
engine, but it's another uncertainty over the future of SL. This makes me even
more reluctant to target SL as a platform for virtual art.

- Rob.

DISCUSSION

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Horror Episodes in the Net.Art History


Quoting Eric Dymond <dymond@idirect.ca>:

>> http://www.sharpdevelop.net/OpenSource/SD/Download/
>> using the code from the previous post.
>> and they said it wasn't possible...
>> Eric
>
> at least not on a Mac

We could use Mono. But using Mono is a baaaaaad idea. "Come into my
parlour said
the spider to the fly." "OK," said the Mono developers.

- Rob.