Rob Myers
Since 2003
Works in United States of America

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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

Re: almost gibberish


Saucer of milk, table two!

On 1 Feb 2004, at 19:57, Michael Szpakowski wrote:

> Re the discussion on commission/competition specs a
> couple of weeks back, even making allowances for the
> fact that this is translated from another language,
> this is the sort of thing that completely does my head
> in.

It's an amusing enough proposition, and shared culture often takes
cliche as its point of departure. Anyone who wants a destination point
laid out as well probably should recognise that there won't be anything
non-hobbyist for them to do in art.

> I find the prospect of trying to make something that
> accords with this as inviting as root canal work. Its
> not so much that it's complete gibberish -it isn't
> quite. It's the monumental mind bending cliche ridden
> banality of it that really hits home:

So provide an alternative. Ironise it. Do a Duchamp. Any of these
approaches will contribute to this managerial/consultancy culture of
"free verse crossed with a video recorder instruction manual" (as I
called it a decade ago) withering away.

- Rob.

DISCUSSION

Re: realize


Unless of course a chunk of Mir lands on your head.

- Rob.

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DISCUSSION

Re: Creative Class War


On 21 Jan 2004, at 15:18, Jo-Anne Green wrote:

> America is losing its creative and economic edge. "Cities from Sydney
> to Brussels to Dublin to Vancouver are fast becoming creative-class
> centers to rival Boston, Seattle, and Austin.

Interesting use of present tense there.

> They're doing it through a variety of means - from
> government-subsidized labs to partnerships between top local
> universities and industry.

Um - as the article itself points out, this is how the US got Europe
and Asia's scientists, artists and designers in recent years!

> Most of all, they're luring foreign creative talent, including our own.

Welcome to the club. This is how it has been for the rest of the world
for some time now.
Apologists call it the Global economy.

> The result is that the sort of high-end, high-margin creative
> industries that used to be the United States' province and a crucial
> source of our prosperity have begun to move overseas."

What a charming display of jingoistic cultural imperialism. "If we stay
perhaps they will do some more - folk dancing..."

- Rob.

DISCUSSION

Re: Rhizome: "you may have a problem with Switch Media but that does not mean Rhizome does or Rhizome members do"...


Or we can save our firepower for those we really believe deserve it by
not shooting the messenger. Lack of censorship can cut both ways...

- Rob.

On 19 Jan 2004, at 20:05, Eryk Salvaggio wrote:

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DISCUSSION

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Rolls Royce funding UK arts


Isn't that the Guggenheim? :-)

- Rob.

On Monday, January 19, 2004, at 00:07AM, atomic elroy <atomic@pcisys.net> wrote:

>Next:
>the ART Museum chain
>
>McArt Museum
> to open in the world's capitals and put all the private and government sponsored art museums out of business once and for all!