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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.
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.
Re: The FCC and S&M
Fnarr.
- Rob.
On 14 Feb 2004, at 22:03, Ryan Griffis wrote:
> 'The head of the FCC, Michael Powell, was quoted as
> saying his reaction to seeing Janet's breast during
> the Super Bowl was "thorough and swift".
> Powell stated that there will be a thorough
> investigation, requiring repeated viewings of the
> revealing incident and likely resulting in 'large,
> stiff
- Rob.
On 14 Feb 2004, at 22:03, Ryan Griffis wrote:
> 'The head of the FCC, Michael Powell, was quoted as
> saying his reaction to seeing Janet's breast during
> the Super Bowl was "thorough and swift".
> Powell stated that there will be a thorough
> investigation, requiring repeated viewings of the
> revealing incident and likely resulting in 'large,
> stiff
artster
Friend-finding meets the semantic web:
http:://www.foaf-project.org/
There should be an artist xml format. Encode your influences, your
friends, where you've shown, your interests, anyone you think you're
similar to and browse the web as one giant show catalogue.
- Rob.
http:://www.foaf-project.org/
There should be an artist xml format. Encode your influences, your
friends, where you've shown, your interests, anyone you think you're
similar to and browse the web as one giant show catalogue.
- Rob.
Intelligent Agent - Vol. 4 No. 1
The front page doesn't seem to have updated, but do try:
http://www.intelligentagent.com/archive/Vol4_No1.html
it looks good.
- Rob.
On 11 Feb 2004, at 21:19, Christiane_Paul@WHITNEY.ORG wrote:
> intelligent agent - Vol. 4 No. 1
>
> The first installment of articles from Vol. 4 No. 1 is now available at
> http://www.intelligentagent.com
>
> intelligent agent is published in a modular format:
> *3 thematic threads
> Threads of Vol. 4 No. 1:
> //the DEMO scene//
> //generativity//
> //vj/dj//
> *reviews of DVDs, games, Web, books, projects
>
> All content is available in html and as pdf files with layout.
>
> NEW:
>
> //editorial//
> +Patrick Lichty, On the Essential Nature of Conciseness
> Patrick Lichty discusses the challenges that the genre of new media
> and its
> practitioners have to face in communicating to an audience outside of
> the
> cultural niche of technological art.
> .
>
> //the DEMO scene //
> + Shirley Shor & Aviv Eyal, DEMOing: An Emergent Art Form or Just
> Another
> Digital Craft?
> Shirley Shor & Aviv Eyal give a historical survey of 20 years of DEMO
> scene
> -- from the Old School 'hacker art form' to today's 'New Scene'...
>
>
> //generativity//
> + James Faure Walker, Algorithmic Art
> In 1997, James Faure Walker pondered algorithmic / generative art and
> its
> historical connections and place in the art word at large. Seven years
> later, his essay begs the question how much has changed when it comes
> to the
> acceptance of this art form.
>
>
> //vj/dj//
> + Kim Cascone, Grain, Sequence, System [three levels of reception in
> the
> performance of laptop music]
> Kim Cascone discusses the reception of laptop music performance and the
> challenges it needs to overcome. Not surprisingly, many of his
> observations
> also apply to the reception of 'new media art' in general.
>
>
> //free radical//
> G.H. Hovagimyan, GH's Automated Home Reading List
> G.H. shares the research for a project he is currently working on --
> focused
> on the Smart House -- in the form of an annotated reading list. His
> selections connect the concept of the digitally enhanced, smart home to
> early Utopian ideals and the ideological construction of the 'home'
> throughout history.
>
> //reviews//
> game:
> + Patrick Lichty, Tron 2.0
> On the 20th anniversary of the cult movie Tron, Buena Vista
> Interactive has
> released Tron 2.0. -- a first-person 'shooter' that almost doubles as
> interactive machinima with
>
> For a full Table of Contents, visit http://www.intelligentagent.com
>
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> intelligent agent
> Editor-in-Chief: Patrick Lichty
> Director: Christiane Paul
>
> http://www.intelligentagent.com
> intelligent agent is a service organization and information
> provider dedicated to interpreting and promoting art that
> uses digital technologies for production and presentation.
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> +
> -> post: list@rhizome.org
> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> -> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> -> visit: on Fridays the Rhizome.org web site is open to non-members
> +
> Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
> Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
http://www.intelligentagent.com/archive/Vol4_No1.html
it looks good.
- Rob.
On 11 Feb 2004, at 21:19, Christiane_Paul@WHITNEY.ORG wrote:
> intelligent agent - Vol. 4 No. 1
>
> The first installment of articles from Vol. 4 No. 1 is now available at
> http://www.intelligentagent.com
>
> intelligent agent is published in a modular format:
> *3 thematic threads
> Threads of Vol. 4 No. 1:
> //the DEMO scene//
> //generativity//
> //vj/dj//
> *reviews of DVDs, games, Web, books, projects
>
> All content is available in html and as pdf files with layout.
>
> NEW:
>
> //editorial//
> +Patrick Lichty, On the Essential Nature of Conciseness
> Patrick Lichty discusses the challenges that the genre of new media
> and its
> practitioners have to face in communicating to an audience outside of
> the
> cultural niche of technological art.
> .
>
> //the DEMO scene //
> + Shirley Shor & Aviv Eyal, DEMOing: An Emergent Art Form or Just
> Another
> Digital Craft?
> Shirley Shor & Aviv Eyal give a historical survey of 20 years of DEMO
> scene
> -- from the Old School 'hacker art form' to today's 'New Scene'...
>
>
> //generativity//
> + James Faure Walker, Algorithmic Art
> In 1997, James Faure Walker pondered algorithmic / generative art and
> its
> historical connections and place in the art word at large. Seven years
> later, his essay begs the question how much has changed when it comes
> to the
> acceptance of this art form.
>
>
> //vj/dj//
> + Kim Cascone, Grain, Sequence, System [three levels of reception in
> the
> performance of laptop music]
> Kim Cascone discusses the reception of laptop music performance and the
> challenges it needs to overcome. Not surprisingly, many of his
> observations
> also apply to the reception of 'new media art' in general.
>
>
> //free radical//
> G.H. Hovagimyan, GH's Automated Home Reading List
> G.H. shares the research for a project he is currently working on --
> focused
> on the Smart House -- in the form of an annotated reading list. His
> selections connect the concept of the digitally enhanced, smart home to
> early Utopian ideals and the ideological construction of the 'home'
> throughout history.
>
> //reviews//
> game:
> + Patrick Lichty, Tron 2.0
> On the 20th anniversary of the cult movie Tron, Buena Vista
> Interactive has
> released Tron 2.0. -- a first-person 'shooter' that almost doubles as
> interactive machinima with
>
> For a full Table of Contents, visit http://www.intelligentagent.com
>
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> intelligent agent
> Editor-in-Chief: Patrick Lichty
> Director: Christiane Paul
>
> http://www.intelligentagent.com
> intelligent agent is a service organization and information
> provider dedicated to interpreting and promoting art that
> uses digital technologies for production and presentation.
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> +
> -> post: list@rhizome.org
> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> -> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> -> visit: on Fridays the Rhizome.org web site is open to non-members
> +
> Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
> Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
Asset Stripping
There's a mock utilitarianism to asset stripping that undermines its pretence of value maximisation. If value is to be maximised by an activity then surely this activity must be extraordinary compared to activities that return less value. Yet if assets can be stripped and value extracted this must be an unexceptional activity if it is not to be disastrous.
Postmodernism is asset stripping and is indeed the cultural logic of late (pathalogical) capitalism. Any "freedom" which imposes a greater cost for less reward than a free or Free alternative is an exploitation. Services and utilities are the indentured labour of the twenty-first century.
Smash global capitalism! Spend less money!
Destroy the machine! Don't send email!
Free yourself! Do nothing!
- Rob.
Postmodernism is asset stripping and is indeed the cultural logic of late (pathalogical) capitalism. Any "freedom" which imposes a greater cost for less reward than a free or Free alternative is an exploitation. Services and utilities are the indentured labour of the twenty-first century.
Smash global capitalism! Spend less money!
Destroy the machine! Don't send email!
Free yourself! Do nothing!
- Rob.