Jaromil
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Denis Roio is a free software
programmer, a media artist and activist. He has made significant contributions to the development of multimedia
and streaming
applications on the Linux
platform. He was born in Pescara, Italy, but now lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
He is author of the dyne:bolic
Linux distribution
, and of various free software projects, including MuSE and FreeJ
.
His artistic creations are related to the context of netart and software art
; the code
code ever written".
In 2000 Jaromil started dyne.org under the flag of Freedom of Creation, playing hybrid between the fields of politics, art and technology.
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
programmer, a media artist and activist. He has made significant contributions to the development of multimedia
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
and streaming
Streaming media
Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end-user while being delivered by a streaming provider.The term "presented" is used in this article in a general sense that includes audio or video playback. The name refers to the delivery method of the medium rather...
applications on the Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
platform. He was born in Pescara, Italy, but now lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
He is author of the dyne:bolic
Dyne:bolic
dyne:bolic is a Live CD/DVD based on the Linux kernel with a focus on multimedia production, and is distributed with a large assortment of applications for audio and video manipulation...
Linux distribution
Linux distribution
A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...
, and of various free software projects, including MuSE and FreeJ
FreeJ
FreeJ is a modular video mixer for GNU/Linux systems. It is marketed as a "vision mixer". It is capable of real-time video manipulation, for amateur and professional uses. It can be used as an instrument in the fields of dance theater, veejaying, medical visualisation and TV...
.
His artistic creations are related to the context of netart and software art
Software art
Software art refers to works of art where the creation of software, or concepts from software, play an important role; for example software applications which were created by artists and which were intended as artworks. As an artistic discipline software art has attained growing attention since the...
; the code
:{ :|:& };: has been said to be "the most elegant fork bombFork bomb
In computing, the fork bomb is a form of denial-of-service attack against a computer system which makes use of the fork operation whereby a running process can create another running process...
code ever written".
In 2000 Jaromil started dyne.org under the flag of Freedom of Creation, playing hybrid between the fields of politics, art and technology.
Art exhibitions
- Streamfest - Salento Media Festival 2007 - Lecce
- Connessioni Leggendarie - Net.Art 1995-2005 - Milano
- I LOVE YOU [rev.eng] : 2002 Museum of Applied Arts Frankfurt, 2003 Transmediale festival Berlin, 2004 Brown University - Watson Institute for International Studies Providence USA, 2006 Museum of Contemporary Art Novi Sad, 2006 Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade
- Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz - p0es1s. Digitale Poesie 2004 Berlin
- Runme softare art 2003 Helsinki
- Ars Electronica Festival 2003 - CODeDOC II Whitney Museum of American Art’s artport
- Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo 2003
- A Space gallery, Toronto 2003 WILL / Negotiations
Related publications
- Institute of Network Cultures (2008) The Internet of Things
- Ars Electronica (2007) Goodbye Privacy ISBN 978-3-7757-2025-0
- Tatiana Bazzichelli (2006) Networking - The Net as Artwork Costa & Nolan ISBN 88-7437-047-4 - ISBN 978-88-7437-047-4
- Armin Medosch (2005) Roots Cultures published in How open is the future? Brussels University Press ISBN 90-5487-378-7
- Autonomedia - DATA browser 02 (2005) Engineering Culture: on the authors as (digital) producer ISBN 1-57027-170-4
- Editora Fantasma - Buenos Aires (2004) :{ :|:& };: Internet, hackers y software libre ISBN 987-21-808-0-6
- Shake Edizioni - Milano (2003) Net.Art - L'arte della connessione ISBN 88-86926-95-2
- ARS Electronica (2003) CODE - the language of our time ISBN 3-7757-1356-5
- Museum of Applied Arts Frankfurt (2002) I love you ISBN 3-00-009400-8
- Matteo Pasquinelli (2002), Media Activism: strategie e pratiche della comunicazione indipendente, Roma: Derive Approdi. ISBN 88-87423-87-3
- Manifestolibri (2002) Hacktivism, la libertà nelle maglie della rete ISBN 88-7285-249-8