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: Preserving Work That Falls Outside the Norm - NYTIMES


On 4 Apr 2006, at 21:31, ][catching.22][ wrote:

> can i suggest u actually start getting a clue in terms of an
> x.tended net.art practitioner k_no_w.ledge/historical grounding?

For example did you know that Orphan Drift are still going?

- Rob.

DISCUSSION

Re: I have a suggestion for Rhizome...


On 4 Apr 2006, at 21:03, Pall Thayer wrote:

> I don't agree. I don't think the Artbase should be opened up any
> more than it is.

I also think the Artbase should retain curatorial (and quality)
control. To riff on Groucho Marx, I wouldn't submit my work to
anywhere I thought I might not be turned down. :-)

- Rob.

DISCUSSION

Re: Workshop RFID & Internet of Things


Quoting lonneke@mediamatic.net:

> RFID will play a pivotal role in fusing the physical world with the digital.

Is anyone else disturbed by the eagerness of art to promote the surveillance
technology of RFID? I appreciate that this event admits the possibility of
"critical" or "nightmarish" regard of RFID, but this is after a positive and
uncritical presentation of the idea of "an internet of things" and its
possibilities.

I am concerned that art is being radically complicit in the propagation
of RFID.

- Rob.

DISCUSSION

Re: I have a suggestion for Rhizome...


On 3 Apr 2006, at 18:11, Geert Dekkers wrote:

> Do you mean that you could click from the artbase through to a sort
> of code repository pertaining to each work? Like a how-is-this-done
> source??

I keep the source for my art computing projects on SourceForge. Once
you have a cheat sheet of CVS commands it's very easy to use.

> Of course it would also be searchable by other means. Tags? A
> del.icio.us for code-sharing??

I suggested a Rhizome code repository some time back and I still
think it's a very good idea. Attaching it to projects makes a lot of
sense, and would allow the project keywords to be used to search the
code, which would be great.

- Rob.

DISCUSSION

Re: "Pro Life" Sculpture of Britney Spears


Quoting Jessica Ivins <jessica@rhizome.org>:

> It's an interesting position for someone who's supposed to be giving birth.
>
> http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/shop?d=ap&id07763769&cf=pg&photoid`9471

It's a comfortable stance (relatively speaking), and a comfortable environment
(" " "), so it's actually a positive and empowered position.

The work is a very funny double provocation, but without the title or the
celebrity subject it is a lifeless and perfunctory lump of sculpture.

- Rob, who hasn't personally given birth or done sculpture but knows
people who
have.