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: postmodernist romanticism


On 20 Sep 2005, at 23:12, miklos@sympatico.ca wrote:

> There was this belief, scuse me if I embarass anyone...
>
> Has to do with human spirit interacting with physical matter, both
> are transformed thereby. For example, a child learns to walk; his/
> her desire for mobility changes his/her physiology.

This requires belief in Spirit, which is Romantic.

> Strangely enough, some people believed that acquiring skill and
> mastery in a medium
> led to mature and shopisticated work. Kostabi, on the other
> hand... along with the museums that bought "his" work... tell us
> you can hire other artists to do the work for you.

But Kostabi is also Romantic, as his spirit underwrites his act of
signing work.

> Does this apply in quantum physics? If I hire a physicist, do I
> get the Nobel?

No. But then this isn't the model Kostabi is following either: he is
a more Romantic figure than the solitary artist. If he wasn't, his
signature (the mark of authentic genius) wouldn't have the
transformative effect that it (supposedly) has.

- Rob.

DISCUSSION

Re: Re: Call for Proposals at Readme 100 Software Art Factory


On 20 Sep 2005, at 22:24, miklos@sympatico.ca wrote:

>> the idea that you can always hire someone to do the "boring part" of
>> the work is a romantic idea.
>
> actually it's post-modernist. (See Kostabi)

Postmodernism is Romantic.

- Rob

DISCUSSION

Re: Need a Geek


Quoting Claire Jervert <cjervert@comcast.net>:

> No offense. I'd like to work with a programmer to produce a DVD by
> grabbing corporate logos from web sites and pulling them into a
> motion graghic sequence twisting and morphing the brands in space.
>
> Anyone interested in working with me.

I think you mean "for". How much are you paying?

- Rob.


DISCUSSION

rob-art 0.2


The new version 0.2 of rob-art, my suite of art-creating programs, is
now available at:

http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/rob-art/

Version 0.2 adds a more freehand-looking pen and random colour to
draw-something.

If you just want to run draw-something on MacOS X 10.3 or MacOS X
10.4, download the draw-something-carbon.dmg package instead. It will
clear your screen to a blank white then have a think for a few
seconds before starting drawing. Press command-q to quit the
application once it's running.

This is the version of draw-something that was shown at O3one

- Rob.