Evan Roth

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caption = Evan Roth getting paid at the Co-op Bar
birthname = Evan Andrew Roth
birthdate = March 5, 1978
location = Okemos, Michigan
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nationality = American
field = interactive art, programming, generative art, digital art, net art
training = University of Maryland and Parsons The New School for Design
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works = The Graffiti Research Lab
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Evan Roth (born 1978) is a media maker whose work focuses on tools of empowerment, open source and popular culture. He frequently releases work under the name "fi5e.". [ cite news
last = Dawson
first = Jessica
title = Beyond Borf, Graffiti That Makes Its Mark
pages =
language = English
publisher = The Washington Post
date = 2006-03-04
url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/03/AR2006030302103.html
accessdate = 2008-09-06 ]

Biography

Evan Roth received a degree in architecture from University of Maryland and a MFA from the Communication, Design and Technology school at Parsons The New School for Design, where he graduated as class valedictorian. During his time at Parsons, he developed several high profile projects, including Graffiti Taxonomy, Typographic Illustration, Explicit Content Only and Graffiti Analysis, his thesis project. Roth was named one of the ten most interesting recent graduates of 2006. [ "Head of the Class", "RES", 9(2):52,56 ]

After graduating Roth worked at the Eyebeam OpenLab, an open source creative technology lab for the public domain as a Research and Development Fellow from 2005-2006 and a Senior Fellow from 2006-2007. Roth's work with graffiti, open source technology and public space led to him forming the Graffiti Research Lab ("GRL") with James Powderly in 2006. [ cite news
last = Dayal
first = Geeta
title = High-Tech Graffiti: Spray Paint Is So 20th Century
pages =
language = English
publisher = New York Times
date = 2006-06-25
url = http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/25/arts/design/25daya.html
accessdate = 2008-01-25 ] GRL projects include LED Throwies and L.A.S.E.R. Tag. Roth also co-founded the [http://fffff.at FAT (Free Art and Technology) Lab] , a Brooklyn-based open source technology collective, in 2007.

Roth and Ben Engebreth were awarded a 2007 Rhizome Commission for White Glove Tracking, which was presented at the Contemporary New Museum in New York City. [ www.whiteglovetracking.com ] [ [http://www.rhizome.org/commissions/2007/ Rhizome|2007 Commissions] ] Roth was again awarded a Rhizome Commission in 2008 for his project "T.S.A. Communications." [ [http://www.rhizome.org/commissions/2009/ Rhizome|2009 Commissions] ]

Roth teaches several courses at Parsons The New School for Design on topics such as visual programming, geek graffiti and internet fame. His work can be found on [http://ni9e.com ni9e.com] , which was awarded the grand prize Prix Nora Krea at the [http://www.norapolis.org Norapolis International Multimedia Festival] in 2005. Roth currently lives in Hong Kong with his wife.

Notable projects

* [http://whiteglovetracking.com/ White Glove Tracking] (with Ben Engebreth)
* [http://ni9e.com/skymall_liberation.php Skymall Liberation]
* [http://detouch.org The Art of Detouch]
* [http://gifmashup.eyebeamresearch.org/ Animated Gif Mashup]
* [http://graffitiresearchlab.com Graffiti Research Lab] (with James Powderly)
* [http://ni9e.com/graffiti_analysis.php Graffiti Analysis]
* [http://ni9e.com/nwa.php Explicit Content Only]
* [http://ni9e.com/graf_taxonomy.php Graffiti Taxonomy]
* [http://ni9e.com/typo_illus.php Typographic Illustration]

Exhibitions

Selected Exhibitions, Screenings and performances include:
* 2008, [http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2008/elasticmind/#/126/ Museum of Modern Art] , "Design and the Elastic Mind", New York City, New York
* 2007, [http://www.sundance.org/festival/film_events/new_frontier_on_main.asp#Graffiti%20Research%20Lab Sundance Film Festival] , "New Frontiers", Park City, Utah
* 2007, [http://www.dac.tw/daf07/openplay_en/exhibition.html 2nd Digital Arts Festival] , "OpenPlay", Taipei City, Taiwan
* 2007, [http://www.microwavefest.net/festival2007/events/events16.html Microwave Festival] , "Luminous Echo", Hong Kong
* 2007, [http://www.flong.com/projects/ieee07/ IEEE] , "Infovis Art Show", Sacramento, California
* 2007, Ars Electronica, "Second City", Linz, Austria
* 2007, Eyebeam, [http://graffitiresearchlab.com/?page_id=84 "Open City"] , New York City, New York
* 2006, Ars Electronica, "Goodbye Privacy", Linz, Austria
* 2005, [http://www.tdctokyo.org Tokyo Type Directors Club Tokyo] , Toyko, Japan (Curated by John Maeda)
* 2005, [http://www.typosonic.de Typsonic] , Ingolstadt, Germany
* 2004, [http://cracowfilmfestival.pl The Cracow Film Festival] , Cracow, Poland

External links

* [http://ni9e.com/ Official website] "ni9e.com"
* Graffiti Research Lab
* [http://research.eyebeam.org Eyebeam Openlab]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/25/arts/design/25daya.html New York Times Article] By GEETA DAYAL Published: June 25, 2006

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