James Powderly
James Powderly | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | New York University, Interactive Telecommunications Program |
| Known for | Street Art, Robotics, and Internet Art |
| Notable work | L.A.S.E.R. Tag, LED Throwies |
| Movement | geek graffiti |
| Awards | 2006-2007 Eyebeam OpenLab Senior Fellowship, 2006 Ars Electronica Award of Distinction, 2006, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Off the Record Commission, 2005-2006 Eyebeam OpenLab Fellowship, 2005 Eyebeam Artist in Residence |
Biography
James Powderly (b. 1976) is a technologist and artist who founded Graffiti Research Lab with Evan Roth. James studied music composition at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. After college, he received a Masters Degree from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. James worked at Honeybee Robotics and was part of the team that worked on the Mars Exploration Rovers Rock Abrasion Tool. As the collaborative team Robot Clothes, Powderly and wife, artist Michelle Kempner, received an artist residency at Eyebeam for their project, Automated Biography. The project used small robots to tell the "personal story about a sick person and their partner." [1]
In 2005, James became a Research and Development Fellow at the Eyebeam OpenLab where he began collaborating with Evan Roth. Working as the Graffiti Research Lab, Roth and Powderly develop open source tools for graffiti writers and activists, such as LED Throwies and L.A.S.E.R. Tag. [2] Together they also founded FAT (Free Art and Technology) Lab. James lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife, Michelle Kempner, and two cats.
Exhibitions
Selected Exhibitions, Screenings and performances include:
- 2008, Museum of Modern Art, Design and the Elastic Mind, New York City, New York
- 2007, Sundance Film Festival, New Frontiers, Park City, Utah
- 2007, 2nd Digital Arts Festival, OpenPlay, Taipei City, Taiwan
- 2007, Microwave Festival, Luminous Echo, Hong Kong
- 2007, Ars Electronica, Second City, Linz, Austria
- 2007, Eyebeam, Open City, New York City, New York
- 2006, Ars Electronica, Goodbye Privacy, Linz, Austria
External links
- Graffiti Research Lab
- Free Art and Technology Lab
- Robot Clothes project website robotclothes.com
- Eyebeam Openlab
References
- ^ "Robot Clothes". Retrieved 2008-01-25.
- ^ Dayal, Geeta (2006-06-25). "High-Tech Graffiti: Spray Paint Is So 20th Century". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
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