James Powderly

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James Powderly

Born 1976
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Nationality American
Field Street Art, Robotics, and Internet Art
Training New York University, Interactive Telecommunications Program
Movement geek graffiti
Works L.A.S.E.R. Tag, LED Throwies
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

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[edit] 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.

[edit] Exhibitions

Selected Exhibitions, Screenings and performances include:


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[edit] References

  1. ^ Robot Clothes. Retrieved on 2008-01-25.
  2. ^ Dayal, Geeta. "High-Tech Graffiti: Spray Paint Is So 20th Century", New York Times, 2006-06-25. Retrieved on 2008-01-25. (English) 


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