"urban art bookmarksbar cim culture diy evan evanroth geekgraffiti graffiti graffiti-ny-graffiti-research-lab graffitiresearchlab grl interventionalism%22 james jamespowderly lab led mediaart reaserch research sr srw streetart streetinstallation thesis wb

My tags:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article needs references that appear in reliable third-party publications. Primary sources or sources affiliated with the subject are generally not sufficient for a Wikipedia article. Please add more appropriate citations from reliable sources. (October 2008)

The Graffiti Research Lab
Nationality	American
Field	video, performance, new media art, street art, graffiti
Works	LASER Tag, LED Throwies

Graffiti Research Lab, founded by Evan Roth and James Powderly during their fellowships at the Eyebeam OpenLab, is an art group dedicated to outfitting graffiti writers, artists and protesters with open source technologies for urban communication. The members of the group experiment in a lab and in the field to develop and test a range of experimental technologies. They document those efforts with video documentation and DIY instructions for each project and make it available for everybody.

The Graffiti Research Lab is particularly well-known for inventing LED Throwies, which were likely the inspiration for the advertisers who distributed mooninites around Boston and Cambridge in the well-publicized 2007 Boston Mooninite Scare.

The Graffiti Research Lab is currently housed at Free Art & Technology Labs (a.k.a. FATLAB), a non-profit research lab that supports artists, engineers, designers and entertainers whose work directly enriches the public domain. (FATLAB website)

Localized cells were founded in Vienna^[1], Amsterdam^[2], and Mexico^[3], copying and extending the work of the NY based organization. For example, the inventions are reproduced and deployed locally and the exhibition of the MBU at Prix Ars Electronica was done in cooperation with GRL Vienna. The cells cooperate and communicate, but are not one formal organization.

Contents 1 Inventions 2 Members 3 Exhibitions 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Inventions

• LED Throwies
• L.A.S.E.R. Tag, a computer vision system paired with a projector that enables one to write on walls using a high-power laser pointer.
• Electrograf, a technique for building circuits on any surface using electrically conductive paint and/or tape
• High Writer, an extension pole for tagging hard-to-reach locations, based on an initial design by Barry McGee.
• Night Writer, for putting LED throwies in hard-to-reach locations by mounting them on a grid to write text.
• Graffiti POV CAM
• Homeland Security Advisory System, installed at 11 Spring Street in Soho, NYC

[edit] Members

• Founders
  • Evan Roth
  • James Powderly
• Collaborators
  • Bennett Williamson
  • Theo Watson
  • Steve Lambert
  • Jamie Wilkinson
  • Mike Baca
  • Todd Polenberg

[edit] Exhibitions

• Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria, (Official Website 2006), (Official Website 2007)
• NUART, Stavanger, Norway, (Official Website 2006)
• SIGGRAPH, Boston, USA, (Official Website 2006)
• Maker Faire, SF Bay Area, USA,(Official Website 2006)
• Transitio, Mexico City, Mexico, 2007, (Official Website)
• Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2007, (Official Website)
• OFFF, Barcelona, Spain, (Official Website 2007)
• Open City, Eyebeam Atelier, NYC, 2007, (Official Website)
• Sundance Film Festival, Park City, USA, 2008(Official Website)
• Museum of Modern Art, New York City, USA, 2008 (Official Website)

[edit] References

1. ^ GRL Vienna
2. ^ GRL Amsterdam
3. ^ GRL Mexico

[edit] External links

• Graffiti Research Lab
• Eyebeam
• Artkrush.com feature on Graffiti Research Lab, January 2007
• Article: Geek Graffiti Takes on New York
• Article: The Writing's On the Wall (The Writing's Off the Wall) (New York Times)
• Article: Graffiti Goes LED (Wired)
• Article: Food for the Eyes and Ears (TIME)
• Article: Graffiti by the (Extensively Analyzed) Numbers (New York Times)