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: RHIZOME_RAW: A New Art-Historical Period: Networkism


Pall Thayer wrote:
> You're not allowed to talk about abstraction in art anymore, except as
> an art historical reference.

You're not? But what about the market? The market is a massive
abstraction, the economic-aesthetic equivalent of a hedge fund market.

> You're not allowed to talk about isms
> either unless you're talking about the end of postmodernism.

It's all neoconceptualism now.

> Aside from all that, isn't it equally important to examine how artists
> work with the network's "elements, ingredients, factors and history?"

Ah, Relational Art (or managerialism as it's called outside of art).

- Cynical Rob.

DISCUSSION

Re: RHIZOME_RAW: Another Announcement on Raw


M. River wrote:

> m.river smiles and shurgs
> http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1158/1323749963_f2eb7742de_o.jpg

So it's true: the internet is not a series of pipes.

- Rob.

DISCUSSION

Re: RHIZOME_RAW: Another Announcement on Raw


Max Herman wrote:

> I see what you mean, but I also have a question. Do you think it is
> better to forgive the U.S. government for that (I'm not sure if it
> really happened or not, or how, I'm not informed about it) than it is to
> punish?

In *public* life I think it is usually better to acknowledge and forgive
(or at least put behind) than to allow to fester.

Otherwise the half life of grievances would lead to universal hatred
between all people of all nations.

But this is just a quick answer to a complex question...

- Rob.

DISCUSSION

Re: RHIZOME_RAW: Another Announcement on Raw


Then there are times when it is an assassination attempt on Fidel
Castro's life.

- Rob.

joy.garnett@gmail.com wrote:
> There are times... when a cigar is just a cigar.
> :)
>
> On 9/4/07, *M. River* < mriver102@yahoo.com
> <mailto:mriver102@yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
> But yeah, relax. It will be alright. Let's have a cigar."
>
>
> On 9/4/07, *Lauren Cornell* <laurencornell@rhizome.org
> <mailto:laurencornell@rhizome.org>> wrote:Hello Rhizome Raw,
>
> All our interns get free cigars upon arrival.
>
>
>
> --
> nomadic...
> http://joygarnett.com

DISCUSSION

Re: RHIZOME_RAW: Re: Where is the Rhizome?


DREAM MY DREAM wrote:
>
> A. joseph
>
> A stands for Anonymous not Anarchist or A**hole
>
>
> BAH, BACK TO MUMMY, YOU PARASOPHISTICATED
> MEDIA THEORY VAMPYRE
>
> THIS IST SSHOLE MCGUFFIN,
>
> AND SS STANDS FOR RHISSOME

Histrionic personal abuse used to be so much better on Rhizome in the
old days.

- Rob.