Evan Roth

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Evan Roth

Evan Roth getting paid at the Co-op Bar
Birth name Evan Andrew Roth
Born March 5, 1978
Okemos, Michigan
Nationality American
Field interactive art, programming, generative art, digital art, net art
Training University of Maryland and Parsons The New School for Design
Works The Graffiti Research Lab

Evan Roth (b. 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."

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[edit] 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. [1]

Aftering 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. During that time he was co-founder of the Graffiti Research Lab along with James Powderly.[2] He also is co-founder of FAT (Free Art and Technology) Lab, a Brooklyn-based open source technology collective.

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 ni9e.com, which was awarded the grand prize Prix Nora Krea at the Norapolis International Multimedia Festival in 2005. Roth lives in Brooklyn with his wife.


[edit] Notable projects

White Glove Tracking (with Ben Engelbreath)

Skymall Liberation

The Art of Detouch

Animated Gif Mashup

Graffiti Research Lab (with James Powderly)

Graffiti Analysis

Explicit Content Only

Graffiti Taxonomy

Typographic Illustration


[edit] Exhibitions

Selected Exhibitions, Screenings and performances include:


[edit] External links


[edit] References

  1. ^ "Head of the Class", RES, 9(2):52,56
  2. ^ Dayal, Geeta. "High-Tech Graffiti: Spray Paint Is So 20th Century", New York Times, 2006-06-25. Retrieved on 2008-01-25. (English)