Laser Graffiti
With Graffitti Research Labs Houston
Thursday, September 16, 8PM
Location: Aurora Picture Show Video Library, 1524 Sul Ross
FREE Admission

The best treasures are often found in your very own backyard. Aurora Picture Show and the University of Houston Mitchell Center for the Arts present a media archeological dig right from the heartland of Texas featuring artists including Luke Savisky of Austin, Potter Belmar Labs of San Antonio and Graffiti Research Labs of Houston.  As part of our annual Media Archeology multimedia festival, these artists will host site-specific media events that explore the past and the present through tools that have been manipulated and repurposed such as film, light, sound, and live performance.

For the opening night of Media Archeology: Texas Focus, Graffiti Research Lab Houston will present a night of laser graffiti, or interactive light. Laser Graffiti is a participatory installation where attendees will use a laser to draw with light on the side of the Menil Collection, just across the street from the Aurora Office and Library.  Simultaneous projections of traditional spray-painted graffiti images will be projected next to the laser graffiti (laser tagging).  Bring your cell phones and ipods to participate in the live Twitter graffiti and mp3 synchronized concert.

Special thanks to Saint Arnold Brewery, 29-95.com, Aerosol Warfare and The Menil Collection for their support of this program. Oh My! Pocket Pies will visit in their graffiti truck with snacks for sale. Gift bag sponsors include: Katz Coffee, GGCVB, Treebeards Restaurant, among others.

Graffiti Research Lab Houston is comprised of Kirk Moreno and David Sutherland.  This new “cell” is a localized continuation of the values and ideas of the original Graffiti Research Lab in New York, which are now located all over the world.  GRL was founded by Evan Roth and James Powderly during their fellowships at the Eyebeam OpenLab. They are dedicated to outfitting graffiti writers, artists and protesters with open source technologies for urban communication. GRL Houston continues the use of GRL projects while also developing & documenting new tools to take back the public space.

We have the ideas…
We have the resources…
We have the engineering…
…but we don’t have the logic.

Do you know how to code in C++?
Do you have any spare time?
Are you interested in getting involved in some high viability OpenSource projects?
Are you interested in being a valuable member of the GRL Houston team?

GRL Houston needs a C++ programmer.  If you are interested, please contact us: info at grlhouston dot com

Edit:  We’ll take anyone from hobbyist level to professional volunteers.

We are putting together our second meetup and want to invite you. Come and hang out and talk Graffiti Research Lab, media projects, ideas, thoughts and more.

When: January 28th, 7pm
Where: The Galleria @ The Food Court
Location: 5085 Westheimer Rd., Houston, TX 77056
Cost: Free and open to the public.

Florian Hufsky, @oneup,
11.13.1986–12.16.2009

Eulogies from Michael Zeltner and Paul Bohm.

Florian’s sites:
Blawg
geeq.at
Graffiti Research Lab Vienna
@oneup (twitter)
1000points (flickr)
Soup
1kpoints (youtube)
1kpoints (myspace)

Our condolences to GRL Vienna and everyone affected by Florian Hufsky’s passing.

G.R.L. / F.A.T. World Summit from Evan Roth on Vimeo.

The first G.R.L. / F.A.T. World Summit was held at CREAM International Festival for Arts and Media in Yokohama, Japan. Get the full story @ fffff.at (FAT LAB). G.R.L. Houston would like to thank everyone who made it possible.

P.S. Big ups to Evan and FAT LAB for posting Texas Big Face on fffff.at

Texas Big Face , A 3D Face Projection How To – was featured on the front page of Instructables (10.27.09 – 10.29.09). Big ups to Randy Sarafan at Instructables for the feature.

Texas Big Face, 2009- is the projection of a person’s face onto any object or three dimensional sculpture(s) to transform that object into interactive art. A person positions their face within a jig and their image is captured via camera. The camera is connected to a projector and the image is projected onto a sculpture.

Collaborators (Kirk Moreno, David Sutherland, G.R.L. Houston)

Download Documentation:
Face Projection How To – .pdf
Face Projection How To – .doc
How To – on Instructables.com

Released under Creative Commons Licence
Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike

Graffiti Research Lab Houston Insignia, 2009 – Based on the original from Graffiti Research Lab.

Graffiti Research Lab Houston Insignia – EPS

Graffiti Research Lab Houston – Texas Big Face from Kirk Moreno.

Check out the video, it shows a proof of concept for a project that we are working on at Graffiti Research Lab Houston. The proof of concept involves a projector, a web/video camera, power source and a 3 dimensional object. Using one of the presidential bust created by David Addicks we displayed our face on the sculpture and made it come to life.

Proof of Concept: David Sutherland & Kirk Moreno
Location: Outside David Addick’s Sculpture Studio, Houston, TX.

The first collaboration between CKC Start Street & Urban Arts and Graffiti Research Lab will happen on August 15th 2009 at Aerosol Warfare. Aerosol Warfare is is going to be hosting a reception for their “Pieced Together” All Texas Graffiti Art Show that night.

For more information on the “Pieced Together” All Texas Graffiti Art Show visit AerosolWarfare.com The event is free and open to the public.

When: August 15th (7pm – 11pm)
Where: 2110 Jefferson Ste 113 Houston, TX 77003 (713) 503-5714
Cost: Free and open to the public.

Tentative Schedule:

L.A.S.E.R. TAG 101 (7pm – 7:30pm) – History of L.A.S.E.R. TAG

(7:30pm – Sundown) Setup (Q & A) – A Q&A On setup & calibration

(Sundown – 11pm) L.A.S.E.R Tag Session – Get Up (Tags & Messages)