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Graffiti Research Lab Masterclass3–7 March, 2008 Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre Evan Roth and James Powderly (Graffiti Research Lab, New York) are dedicated to outfitting street artists with open source technologies for urban communication. The goal of GRL is to technologically empower individuals to creatively alter and reclaim their surroundings from unchecked development and corporate visual culture.GRL have been touring the globe (SIGGRAPH, Ars Electronica, Numusic Festival, Art Rotterdam) demonstrating and teaching new graffiti technologies and DIY skills to diverse public audiences. Their work has been featured in the NY Times, Wooster Collective, TIME Magazine, Visual Resistance and The Village Voice. In 2006, Ars Electronica presented GRL with an Award of Distinction in Interactive Art. FREE PUBLIC EVENTSFILTER MAGAZINE LAUNCH Sunday March 2, 5.30pm Launch of the Graffiti Research Lab masterclass and ANAT's Filter Magazine, URspace. Artspace Plaza, Adelaide Festival Centre PUBLIC FORUM Monday March 3, 4pm Art and the City Panel discussion with Evan Roth & James Powderly (Graffiti Research Lab). Chaired by Reuben Keehan. Is art enjoying a promiscuous fling in our urban spaces? Elder Hall, North Terrace, Adelaide THROWIE WORKSHOP Tuesday, March 4, 7pm Artspace Plaza, Adelaide Festival Centre Please join New York's Graffiti Research Lab for a mass public art urban intervention throughout the streets of Adelaide. Meet at the Artspace forecourt, Adelaide Festival Centre for a mass public art intervention. Suitable for anyone who has ever wanted to create their own mark on the city but never knew how...as well as children, their parents and their grandparents....Developed by the Graffiti Research Lab, a division of the Eyebeam R&D OpenLab, LED Throwies are an inexpensive way to add colour to ferromagnetic surfaces. A Throwie consists of a lithium battery, a 10mm diffused LED and a rare-earth magnet taped together. Throw it up high and in quantity to impress your friends and city officials. Presented by Carclew Youth Arts in association with the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts, Adelaide City Council and the Australian Network for Art and Technology. The Graffiti Research Lab masterclass is a part of Carclew Youth Arts Breeding Ground Industry Development program. This program invites artists of national or international significance to ignite, inspire, provoke and challenge local practitioners and audiences to profile innovation and stimulate critical debate. The Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT) are providing places in the masterclass for 5 national participants as part of their annual emerging technology labs program. The labs are designed to create environments for inspiration, enrichment, engagement, playful exploration and collaboration across disciplines and hybrid practices. Keep up to date with GRL's movements via the masterclass blog - www.anat.org.au/grl For further information please contact Annemarie Kohn on 08 8267 5111 or akohn@carclew.org.au
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