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: artist favorite wine...
On Wednesday, November 26, 2003, at 03:58AM, atomic elroy <atomic@pcisys.net> wrote:
>Nobody understands me....
How do you mean?
- Rob.
>Nobody understands me....
How do you mean?
- Rob.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Sociology of the Fading Signal--Can You Hear Me Now?
On 21 Nov 2003, at 03:07, Jean Haefner wrote:
> On Thursday, November 20, 2003, at 04:17 PM, mark cooley wrote:
>> in this way perhaps the rhetoric around technology is even more
>> disturbing than religious rhetoric because it allows for the infinite
>> expansion of capital.
>
> you should live in the bible belt...they fight about whether THEY are
> the buckle of the belt
Religion puts no limits on the expansion of capital. Indeed a deity
could declare/make any given material or activity valuable, thus
increasing capital at a rate unimaginable by technological means.
Technology limits the expansion of capital by insisting that you expend
some on material things.
>> it is interesting to see the debates around biotechnology for
>> instance - many oppositional arguments focus on biotech disturbing
>> god's plan, whereas many scientific arguments for biotech center on
>> a (supposed natural) progression of human's control (through
>> technology of course) of nature.
>
> the Hubble telescope has or should have upset many ideas about where
> we stand in the universe
"Control of nature" was, roughly speaking, something given to humanity
by God in the Old testament. I have never met anyone who believes
biotech is natural, but I've met many who think that having unmodified
crops pollinated by under-tested modified crops is a) Not good and b)
Inevitable.
>> both are essentialist positions but i am wondering which is better or
>> worse - in terms of reproducing the ideology of capitalism. hmmmmm?
>
> money is god's reward
Industrialised capitalism is a product of C19th Protestantism (work
ethic). Technology is *not* essentialist because it recognises the
artificiality of its artifacts, unlike religion which is generally
underwritten by divine revelation. Individuals may romaticise or
essentialise technology, but that can happen with anything. And
capitalism is its own reward, however it chooses to hide its face. :-)
- Rob.
> On Thursday, November 20, 2003, at 04:17 PM, mark cooley wrote:
>> in this way perhaps the rhetoric around technology is even more
>> disturbing than religious rhetoric because it allows for the infinite
>> expansion of capital.
>
> you should live in the bible belt...they fight about whether THEY are
> the buckle of the belt
Religion puts no limits on the expansion of capital. Indeed a deity
could declare/make any given material or activity valuable, thus
increasing capital at a rate unimaginable by technological means.
Technology limits the expansion of capital by insisting that you expend
some on material things.
>> it is interesting to see the debates around biotechnology for
>> instance - many oppositional arguments focus on biotech disturbing
>> god's plan, whereas many scientific arguments for biotech center on
>> a (supposed natural) progression of human's control (through
>> technology of course) of nature.
>
> the Hubble telescope has or should have upset many ideas about where
> we stand in the universe
"Control of nature" was, roughly speaking, something given to humanity
by God in the Old testament. I have never met anyone who believes
biotech is natural, but I've met many who think that having unmodified
crops pollinated by under-tested modified crops is a) Not good and b)
Inevitable.
>> both are essentialist positions but i am wondering which is better or
>> worse - in terms of reproducing the ideology of capitalism. hmmmmm?
>
> money is god's reward
Industrialised capitalism is a product of C19th Protestantism (work
ethic). Technology is *not* essentialist because it recognises the
artificiality of its artifacts, unlike religion which is generally
underwritten by divine revelation. Individuals may romaticise or
essentialise technology, but that can happen with anything. And
capitalism is its own reward, however it chooses to hide its face. :-)
- Rob.
Opening Art
I'm about to apply a Creative Commons license to my back catalogue and new work (everything that doesn't use -er- found images), and digging through my archives I found an unfinished license drafted for an abandoned project from 2001 which I present here for your amusement. It's inspired by the BSD and OGL licenses. IANAL so don't try to actually use it - you wouldn't try to use heart transplant instructions written by an artist would you? :-)
"Open Arts" logo:
http://www.robmyers.org/titles/oa_big.gif
The Open Artwork License V1.0 (Draft)
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The following text is Copyright
"Open Arts" logo:
http://www.robmyers.org/titles/oa_big.gif
The Open Artwork License V1.0 (Draft)
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The following text is Copyright
