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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.
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.
You Cannot Justify That [Was Re: RHIZOME_RAW: please do not centralize]
I was disturbed by
the antidisestablishmentarianism
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Re: Fwd: [news] Iraq vote unfaq
?I couldn?t think of a scene more beautiful than that ...?
... So say Mohammed and Omar at Iraq the Model, and we?re not about to disagree. People who live in countries where liberal democracy is far too easily taken for granted - and even, appallingly, sneered at by the converging elitists of the right and the pseudo-left, who imagine that they could do much better if only the masses would turn to them - are in no position to carp at the courage and determination of those who voted in Iraq on Sunday, a day that will be right up there in the history of political progress with Christmas Day 1989, when Romanians risked their lives to get rid of their own Stalinist dictatorship. It?s one more nail in the coffin of dictatorship, and, for the deranged apologists of fascism and terrorism, who have read too little Marx and not understood even what they have read, one more kick up the backside (where their brains appear to be located).
Harry?s Place and Normblog have lots of links to news and comment and photographs, and the saner commenters at the former blog are doing a fine job of squashing the moronic nonsense from the usual suspects [...] The best one-liner so far comes from Phomesy: ?Anti-imperialism - the right for white middle-class blowhards to tell other people what to do!?
[...] we?re in the mood for joyful laughter right now, so we?ll single out this, from Scrappleface [via Normblog]:
Iraqi Voting Disrupts News Reports of Bombings
Scott Ott
News reports of terrorist bombings in Iraq were marred Sunday by shocking graphic images of Iraqi ?insurgents? voting by the millions in their first free democratic election.
Despite reporters? hopes that a well-orchestrated barrage of mortar attacks and suicide bombings would put down the so-called ?freedom insurgency?, hastily formed battalions of rebels swarmed polling places to cast their ballots - shattering the status quo and striking fear into the hearts of the leaders of the existing terror regime.
Hopes for a return to the stability of tyranny waned as rank upon rank of Iraqi men and women filed out of precinct stations, each armed with the distinctive mark of the new freedom guerrillas - an ink-stained index finger, which one former Ba?athist called ?the evidence of their betrayal of 50 years of Iraqi tradition?.
Journalists struggled to put a positive spin on the day?s events, but the video images of tyranny?s traitors choosing a future of freedom overwhelmed the official story of bloodshed and mayhem. "
http://marxist-org-uk.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_marxist-org-uk_archive.html#110714544215544103
http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2005/01/people-have-won.html
http://hurryupharry.bloghouse.net/
http://normblog.typepad.com/normblog/
http://www.scrappleface.com/MT/archives/002047.html
- Rob.
... So say Mohammed and Omar at Iraq the Model, and we?re not about to disagree. People who live in countries where liberal democracy is far too easily taken for granted - and even, appallingly, sneered at by the converging elitists of the right and the pseudo-left, who imagine that they could do much better if only the masses would turn to them - are in no position to carp at the courage and determination of those who voted in Iraq on Sunday, a day that will be right up there in the history of political progress with Christmas Day 1989, when Romanians risked their lives to get rid of their own Stalinist dictatorship. It?s one more nail in the coffin of dictatorship, and, for the deranged apologists of fascism and terrorism, who have read too little Marx and not understood even what they have read, one more kick up the backside (where their brains appear to be located).
Harry?s Place and Normblog have lots of links to news and comment and photographs, and the saner commenters at the former blog are doing a fine job of squashing the moronic nonsense from the usual suspects [...] The best one-liner so far comes from Phomesy: ?Anti-imperialism - the right for white middle-class blowhards to tell other people what to do!?
[...] we?re in the mood for joyful laughter right now, so we?ll single out this, from Scrappleface [via Normblog]:
Iraqi Voting Disrupts News Reports of Bombings
Scott Ott
News reports of terrorist bombings in Iraq were marred Sunday by shocking graphic images of Iraqi ?insurgents? voting by the millions in their first free democratic election.
Despite reporters? hopes that a well-orchestrated barrage of mortar attacks and suicide bombings would put down the so-called ?freedom insurgency?, hastily formed battalions of rebels swarmed polling places to cast their ballots - shattering the status quo and striking fear into the hearts of the leaders of the existing terror regime.
Hopes for a return to the stability of tyranny waned as rank upon rank of Iraqi men and women filed out of precinct stations, each armed with the distinctive mark of the new freedom guerrillas - an ink-stained index finger, which one former Ba?athist called ?the evidence of their betrayal of 50 years of Iraqi tradition?.
Journalists struggled to put a positive spin on the day?s events, but the video images of tyranny?s traitors choosing a future of freedom overwhelmed the official story of bloodshed and mayhem. "
http://marxist-org-uk.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_marxist-org-uk_archive.html#110714544215544103
http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2005/01/people-have-won.html
http://hurryupharry.bloghouse.net/
http://normblog.typepad.com/normblog/
http://www.scrappleface.com/MT/archives/002047.html
- Rob.
Re: chronos [chess_w/_death remix]
Try Processing, it's ideal for this sort of thing:
http://www.processing.org/
HSV has the disadvantage that people can't easily relate H to value...
- Rob.
On Monday, January 31, 2005, at 01:22PM, Pall Thayer <palli@pallit.lhi.is> wrote:
>
>
>Pall Thayer wrote:
>> I think HSV would be a better solution because then you get the same
>> color scale for each of the elements. So, if you're at 55 minutes and 55
>> seconds, they'll be the same color for that second.
>>
>> I'm going to do this in just a few minutes and see how it comes out.
>
>I give up. Javascript sucks.
>
>
>
>>
>> Rob Myers wrote:
>>
>>> You could do it RGB: each component would go from black to the
>>> component colour.
>>> You could do CMYK for a sub-second counter (0 = white). And hexachrome
>>> for Day/Month/Year/Hour/Minute/Second. :-)
>>>
>>> - Rob.
>>>
>>> On Sunday, January 30, 2005, at 10:02PM, Alexander Galloway
>>> <galloway@nyu.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> yeah i think that's the one i remembered.
>>>>
>>>> it just occurred to me that you actually can't do it in three panels
>>>> (hour, min, sec) and still do it in color. you could do it in grey
>>>> scale tho, w/ the values set the same for each r g b of the color in
>>>> each panel.
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 30, 2005, at 4:24 PM, Pall Thayer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I do recall something like that. I did a quick search and found this:
>>>>> http://www.christopherotto.com/timeascolor.html
>>>>>
>>>>> But I don't think that's the one. It did show separate colors for
>>>>> each, didn't it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Alexander Galloway wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> does anyone remember the project .. i want to say "RGB Clock" ..
>>>>>> with three panels of color, and the three colors were tied to
>>>>>> hours, minutes and seconds? i can't find it via google.. -a
>>>>>> On Jan 30, 2005, at 11:41 AM, Curt Cloninger wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.sequences.org.uk/chrono/0115.html
>>>>>>> http://yugop.com/ver3/index.asp?id$
>>>>>>> http://restlessculture.net/seance/
>>>>>>> http://yugop.com/ver3/index.asp?id=3
>>>>>>> http://skylash.com/charlie/elliott_at_theoscars.mov
>>>>>>> http://www.lares.dti.ne.jp/~yugo/storage/monocrafts_ver3/29/
>>>>>>> bclock.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the slow motion moves me
>>>>>>> the monologue means nothing to me
>>>>>>> _
>>>>>>>
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>>>>> --
>>>>> _______________________________
>>>>> Pall Thayer
>>>>> artist/teacher
>>>>> http://www.this.is/pallit
>>>>> http://pallit.lhi.is/panse
>>>>>
>>>>> Lorna
>>>>> http://www.this.is/lorna
>>>>> _______________________________
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http://www.processing.org/
HSV has the disadvantage that people can't easily relate H to value...
- Rob.
On Monday, January 31, 2005, at 01:22PM, Pall Thayer <palli@pallit.lhi.is> wrote:
>
>
>Pall Thayer wrote:
>> I think HSV would be a better solution because then you get the same
>> color scale for each of the elements. So, if you're at 55 minutes and 55
>> seconds, they'll be the same color for that second.
>>
>> I'm going to do this in just a few minutes and see how it comes out.
>
>I give up. Javascript sucks.
>
>
>
>>
>> Rob Myers wrote:
>>
>>> You could do it RGB: each component would go from black to the
>>> component colour.
>>> You could do CMYK for a sub-second counter (0 = white). And hexachrome
>>> for Day/Month/Year/Hour/Minute/Second. :-)
>>>
>>> - Rob.
>>>
>>> On Sunday, January 30, 2005, at 10:02PM, Alexander Galloway
>>> <galloway@nyu.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> yeah i think that's the one i remembered.
>>>>
>>>> it just occurred to me that you actually can't do it in three panels
>>>> (hour, min, sec) and still do it in color. you could do it in grey
>>>> scale tho, w/ the values set the same for each r g b of the color in
>>>> each panel.
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 30, 2005, at 4:24 PM, Pall Thayer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I do recall something like that. I did a quick search and found this:
>>>>> http://www.christopherotto.com/timeascolor.html
>>>>>
>>>>> But I don't think that's the one. It did show separate colors for
>>>>> each, didn't it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Alexander Galloway wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> does anyone remember the project .. i want to say "RGB Clock" ..
>>>>>> with three panels of color, and the three colors were tied to
>>>>>> hours, minutes and seconds? i can't find it via google.. -a
>>>>>> On Jan 30, 2005, at 11:41 AM, Curt Cloninger wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.sequences.org.uk/chrono/0115.html
>>>>>>> http://yugop.com/ver3/index.asp?id$
>>>>>>> http://restlessculture.net/seance/
>>>>>>> http://yugop.com/ver3/index.asp?id=3
>>>>>>> http://skylash.com/charlie/elliott_at_theoscars.mov
>>>>>>> http://www.lares.dti.ne.jp/~yugo/storage/monocrafts_ver3/29/
>>>>>>> bclock.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the slow motion moves me
>>>>>>> the monologue means nothing to me
>>>>>>> _
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> -> post: list@rhizome.org
>>>>>>> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
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>>>>>>> +
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>>>>>>> Membership Agreement available online at
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> _______________________________
>>>>> Pall Thayer
>>>>> artist/teacher
>>>>> http://www.this.is/pallit
>>>>> http://pallit.lhi.is/panse
>>>>>
>>>>> Lorna
>>>>> http://www.this.is/lorna
>>>>> _______________________________
>>>>>
>>>>
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>http://www.this.is/pallit
>http://pallit.lhi.is/panse
>
>Lorna
>http://www.this.is/lorna
>_______________________________
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Re: chronos [chess_w/_death remix]
You could do it RGB: each component would go from black to the component colour.
You could do CMYK for a sub-second counter (0 = white). And hexachrome for Day/Month/Year/Hour/Minute/Second. :-)
- Rob.
On Sunday, January 30, 2005, at 10:02PM, Alexander Galloway <galloway@nyu.edu> wrote:
>yeah i think that's the one i remembered.
>
>it just occurred to me that you actually can't do it in three panels
>(hour, min, sec) and still do it in color. you could do it in grey
>scale tho, w/ the values set the same for each r g b of the color in
>each panel.
>
>On Jan 30, 2005, at 4:24 PM, Pall Thayer wrote:
>
>> I do recall something like that. I did a quick search and found this:
>> http://www.christopherotto.com/timeascolor.html
>>
>> But I don't think that's the one. It did show separate colors for
>> each, didn't it?
>>
>> Alexander Galloway wrote:
>>> does anyone remember the project .. i want to say "RGB Clock" .. with
>>> three panels of color, and the three colors were tied to hours,
>>> minutes and seconds? i can't find it via google.. -a
>>> On Jan 30, 2005, at 11:41 AM, Curt Cloninger wrote:
>>>> http://www.sequences.org.uk/chrono/0115.html
>>>> http://yugop.com/ver3/index.asp?id$
>>>> http://restlessculture.net/seance/
>>>> http://yugop.com/ver3/index.asp?id=3
>>>> http://skylash.com/charlie/elliott_at_theoscars.mov
>>>> http://www.lares.dti.ne.jp/~yugo/storage/monocrafts_ver3/29/
>>>> bclock.html
>>>>
>>>> the slow motion moves me
>>>> the monologue means nothing to me
>>>> _
>>>>
>>>> +
>>>> -> post: list@rhizome.org
>>>> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
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>>
>> --
>> _______________________________
>> Pall Thayer
>> artist/teacher
>> http://www.this.is/pallit
>> http://pallit.lhi.is/panse
>>
>> Lorna
>> http://www.this.is/lorna
>> _______________________________
>>
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You could do CMYK for a sub-second counter (0 = white). And hexachrome for Day/Month/Year/Hour/Minute/Second. :-)
- Rob.
On Sunday, January 30, 2005, at 10:02PM, Alexander Galloway <galloway@nyu.edu> wrote:
>yeah i think that's the one i remembered.
>
>it just occurred to me that you actually can't do it in three panels
>(hour, min, sec) and still do it in color. you could do it in grey
>scale tho, w/ the values set the same for each r g b of the color in
>each panel.
>
>On Jan 30, 2005, at 4:24 PM, Pall Thayer wrote:
>
>> I do recall something like that. I did a quick search and found this:
>> http://www.christopherotto.com/timeascolor.html
>>
>> But I don't think that's the one. It did show separate colors for
>> each, didn't it?
>>
>> Alexander Galloway wrote:
>>> does anyone remember the project .. i want to say "RGB Clock" .. with
>>> three panels of color, and the three colors were tied to hours,
>>> minutes and seconds? i can't find it via google.. -a
>>> On Jan 30, 2005, at 11:41 AM, Curt Cloninger wrote:
>>>> http://www.sequences.org.uk/chrono/0115.html
>>>> http://yugop.com/ver3/index.asp?id$
>>>> http://restlessculture.net/seance/
>>>> http://yugop.com/ver3/index.asp?id=3
>>>> http://skylash.com/charlie/elliott_at_theoscars.mov
>>>> http://www.lares.dti.ne.jp/~yugo/storage/monocrafts_ver3/29/
>>>> bclock.html
>>>>
>>>> the slow motion moves me
>>>> the monologue means nothing to me
>>>> _
>>>>
>>>> +
>>>> -> post: list@rhizome.org
>>>> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
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>>>> +
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>>
>> --
>> _______________________________
>> Pall Thayer
>> artist/teacher
>> http://www.this.is/pallit
>> http://pallit.lhi.is/panse
>>
>> Lorna
>> http://www.this.is/lorna
>> _______________________________
>>
>
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Pure Computation
Art computing has settled on consumer hardware and software, the PC or
iBook and Flash or Processing for the most part. Using consumer
hardware and software may simply be like artists using gloss house
paint to make work, the use of a convenient and referential medium.
There's nothing wrong with it. But it also fails to differentiate art
computing from design computing and consumer computing. I think that in
addition to appropriating consumer hardware art computing should pursue
the kind of access to non-consumer systems that were the hallmark of
early computer art. I do not mean GPS systems, wearable computing or
any other gadget fetishry. I mean technology that expands the artist's
means of pure computation, of running an interesting algorithm for
interesting output. Such as beowulf clusters, massively parallel
systems, neural and biological systems, and even early quantum systems
and their simulations.
I am not arguing for techno-snobbery or the fetishism of raw computing
power. I am arguing for an art computing that continues to
differentiate itself by engagement with the possibilities of advances
in pure computation.
(http://www.robmyers.org/weblog/C272701957/E1959967067/index.html)
- Rob.
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iBook and Flash or Processing for the most part. Using consumer
hardware and software may simply be like artists using gloss house
paint to make work, the use of a convenient and referential medium.
There's nothing wrong with it. But it also fails to differentiate art
computing from design computing and consumer computing. I think that in
addition to appropriating consumer hardware art computing should pursue
the kind of access to non-consumer systems that were the hallmark of
early computer art. I do not mean GPS systems, wearable computing or
any other gadget fetishry. I mean technology that expands the artist's
means of pure computation, of running an interesting algorithm for
interesting output. Such as beowulf clusters, massively parallel
systems, neural and biological systems, and even early quantum systems
and their simulations.
I am not arguing for techno-snobbery or the fetishism of raw computing
power. I am arguing for an art computing that continues to
differentiate itself by engagement with the possibilities of advances
in pure computation.
(http://www.robmyers.org/weblog/C272701957/E1959967067/index.html)
- Rob.
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