GRAFFITI RESEARCH LAB MASTERCLASS
Applications are now open for participation in a week-long masterclass with the Graffiti Research Lab (NY), from 3-7 March, 2008 at Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre. Evan Roth and James Powderly (Graffiti Research Lab, NY) 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 http://www.graffitiresearch.com 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.
For further information please contact Annemarie Kohn on 08 8267 5111 or kohn@carclew.org.au
Application forms for the masterclass can be downloaded from the Carlclew website. Presented by Carclew Youth Arts in association with the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts and ANAT. There are 9 places for SA participants, with ANAT providing places in the masterclass for 5 national participants as part of their annual emerging technology labs program.
Applications close November 16, 2007