Rate My Professor Robert Spahr

Spahr's academic interests center on computational art, generative and procedural art processes, genetic algorithms, free/open source software, free culture, mobile media, time-based media, and live art. His creative output includes code-based automated art, live performances, drawings, paintings, and sculptures that probe the Internet's nature and societal impacts through series like CRUFT, reflecting themes of information overload, uncertainty, and cultural networks. Notable publications encompass "The Slow Cancellation of the Future" (GASATHJ, 2020), "Defending Uncertainty: The Creative Process and Generative Art" (Generative Art Conference, 2021), "CRUFT: Recent Explorations in Indeterminacy, Materiality and the Ephemeral" (GA2012), and "Generative Art from Digital Leftovers" (GA2010). His works have appeared in exhibitions worldwide, such as Re-Fest Festivals at CultureHub, La Mama (2022-2023), Generative Art Conferences in Italy, and Manifest Drawing Center. Awards include the Illinois SCOERs Open Educational Resources Grant ($59,990, 2022), Unknown Territory Fellowship (2014), GNU Free Software Foundation Grant (2013), and Special Mention Jury Award at the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (2014). Spahr contributes to university governance through roles on the Faculty Senate, Graduate Council, Promotion and Tenure Committee, and various search committees, and teaches courses including New Media Production, History of New Media, and Generative Art.