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.
I was recently contacted by Carolyn at CKCStart a street & urban arts organization whose mission is to promote street, urban and alternative forms of art as a positive and creative force in communities in Houston. They want to do a workshop on L.A.S.E.R. TAG and also put together our first Graffiti Research Lab Houston LED Throwie event.
Update: Yesterday while dropping off my entry for “Blow Up Houston” had a chance to talk to Carolyn from CKCStart more about a collaboration with Graffiti Research Lab.
After our initial meet-up, Dave and I tried to get together later that night to setup the laser tag and go through the challenges of calibration. We tried to get together but had been unable to until last week when Dave came to my house and we setup the laser tag so we could work together on calibration techniques. We hung out and ended up taking the laser tag setup to the streets of Houston. I had been doing some scouting for weeks and had some places to post up at. Dave brought the web cam, laptop and projector. I brought the power inverter and marine battery. We invited some people from HTC and laser tagged the wall till about midnight.
ABCDave, IWasFramed and myself met up and talked GRL for a couple of hours yesterday. We all have our different backrounds but have the same spirit of sharing, open source, collaboration and non-commerical use in GRL. ABCDave has already been using his own Laser Tag setup in some positive ways. He plans to help me with my setup and share tips he has learned along the way. IWasFramed showed up and we all talked about how we each want to interact with the projects and even brainstormed several new ideas. We plan to meet again soon and even plan our first grl session.
Who: Graffiti Research Lab – Houston
What: GRL Houston Meet-up
When: Saturday, March 21, 2009 @ 5:30 pm
Where: The Hooters @ 59 & Kirby
Why: To talk and brainstorm with other people interested in GRL.
Graffiti Research Lab Houston 2009 – Originally founded by Evan Roth and James Powderly during their fellowships at the Eyebeam OpenLab, Graffiti Research Lab is an art group dedicated to outfitting graffiti writers, artists and protesters with open source technologies for urban communication. Local cells include G.R.L. Amsterdam, G.R.L. Australia, G.R.L. Brazil, G.R.L. Canada, G.R.L. Colorado, G.R.L. Luxembourg, G.R.L. Mexico, G.R.L. Tokyo, G.R.L. Utah, G.R.L. Vienna and as of March 2009 G.R.L. Houston.
