Evan Roth
Birth dateMarch 5, 1978 (age 48)[citation needed]
Birth placeOkemos, Michigan
FieldInteractive art, programming, generative art, LED throwies, digital art, net art
TrainingUniversity of Maryland and Parsons School of Design
WorksGraffiti Research Lab, Free Art and Technology Lab, EyeWriter

Evan Roth (born 1978) is an American artist who applies a hacker philosophy to an art practice that visualizes transient moments in public space, online and in popular culture.[1]

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.[citation needed] During his time at Parsons, he developed several 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.[2]

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 2005.[3] GRL projects include LED throwies and L.A.S.E.R. Tag. In 2007, Roth co-founded the Free Art and Technology Lab (F.A.T. Lab), an Internet-based art-and-technology collective dedicated to the intersection of open-source hacking and popular culture. He has worked under the pseudonym fi5e.[4]

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.[5][6] Roth was again awarded a Rhizome Commission in 2008 for his project "T.S.A. Communications".[7]

Several of Roth's work are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.[8] Roth currently[when?] lives in Berlin with his wife.[citation needed]

In 2012, he was awarded a Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award.[9]

Exhibitions

Selected exhibitions, screenings and performances include:

  • 2004, The Cracow Film Festival,[10] Cracow, Poland
  • 2005, Typsonic,[11] Ingolstadt, Germany
  • 2005, Tokyo Type Directors Club Tokyo,[12] Tokyo, Japan (Curated by John Maeda)
  • 2006, Ars Electronica, Goodbye Privacy, Linz, Austria
  • 2007, Eyebeam, Open City,[13] New York City, New York
  • 2007, Ars Electronica, Second City, Linz, Austria
  • 2007, IEEE,[14] Infovis Art Show, Sacramento, California
  • 2007, Microwave Festival,[15] Luminous Echo, Hong Kong
  • 2007, 2nd Digital Arts Festival,[16] OpenPlay, Taipei City, Taiwan
  • 2007, Sundance Film Festival,[17] New Frontiers, Park City, Utah
  • 2008, Museum of Modern Art,[18] Design and the Elastic Mind, New York City, New York
  • 2008, Videotage,[19] Secondlife,[20] Hong Kong
  • 2008, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts,[21] Beyond a Memorable Fancy,[22] New York City, New York
  • 2008, Netherlands Media Art Institute,[23] Speaking Out Loud,[24] Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 2008, Tate Modern,[25] Street Art,[26] London, UK
  • 2008, Thailand Creative & Design Center,[27] Perishable Beauty Exhibition,[28] Bangkok, Thailand
  • 2008, Museum of Modern Art,[29] Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge,[30] New York City, New York
  • 2009, Filmwinter,[31] Festival For Expanded Media, Stuttgart, Germany
  • 2009, AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR FREE,[32] Solo exhibition, Vienna, Austria
  • 2009, Kurzfilmtage,[33] 55th International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany
  • 2009, Fondation Cartier,[34] Born In The Streets - Graffiti, Paris, France
  • 2010, British Design Museum,[35] Brit. Insurance Design of the Year 2010, London, UK
  • 2011, Kitsch Digital: Tres décadas de interferencias en la web, Can Felipa. Barcelona, España. Curator Helena Acosta [36]

References

  1. ^ "Index of /about". www.evan-roth.com
  2. ^ "Head of the Class", RES, 9(2):52,56
  3. ^ Quinlan, Adriane (2007-12-06). "How Graffiti Artists are Cleaning Up". Time. Archived from the original on December 8, 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
  4. ^ "Evan Roth - Lecture". Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
  5. ^ "White Glove Tracking". www.whiteglovetracking.com
  6. ^ "Rhizome|2007 Commissions". Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
  7. ^ "Rhizome|2009 Commissions". Archived from the original on 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
  8. ^ "Evan Roth | MoMA". Archived April 5, 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ^ Kurutz, Steven (2012-05-02). "Evan Roth, an Award-Winning Man of Many Tags". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  10. ^ "Nagrody filmowe w Krakowie"
  11. ^ "Typosonic 2005". www.typosonic.de. Archived from the original on 13 February 2005. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Tokyo Type Director's Club". Tdctokyo.org. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  13. ^ "Graffiti Research Lab » Open City Online"
  14. ^ "IEEE Infovis 2007 Art Exhibition - Flong". www.flong.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  15. ^ "luminous echo". www.microwavefest.net
  16. ^ "Openplay". September 1, 2008. Archived 2008-09-01 at the Wayback Machine.
  17. ^ "Film & Events — Sundance Film Festival". March 14, 2008. Archived 2008-03-14 at the Wayback Machine.
  18. ^ "Design and the Elastic Mind". www.moma.org. Archived from the original on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  19. ^ "Video". www.videotage.org.hk. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  20. ^ ":: SECOND LIFE ::". December 2, 2008. Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine.
  21. ^ "EFA redirect". efa1.org
  22. ^ "Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts » Beyond a Memorable Fancy". December 4, 2008. Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  23. ^ "www.nimk.nl/en/index.html". November 21, 2009. Archived 2009-11-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  24. ^ "Programme". December 24, 2008. Archived 2008-12-24 at the Wayback Machine.
  25. ^ "Tate Modern". October 14, 2008. Archived 2008-10-14 at the Wayback Machine.
  26. ^ "Tate Modern| Past Exhibitions | Street Art". January 21, 2009. Archived 2009-01-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  27. ^ "Thailand Creative & Design Center Web Site". www.tcdc.or.th. Archived from the original on 12 January 2005. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  28. ^ "TCDC (Thailand Creative & Design Center)". www.tcdc.or.th. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  29. ^ "MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art
  30. ^ "MoMA.org | Exhibitions | 2008 | Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge". December 17, 2008. Archived 2008-12-17 at the Wayback Machine.
  31. ^ "Startseite | 34. Stuttgarter Filmwinter – Festival for Expanded Media". filmwinter.de
  32. ^ "Evan Roth: AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR FREE". February 27, 2009. Archived 2009-02-27 at the Wayback Machine.
  33. ^ "Home". www.kurzfilmtage.de
  34. ^ "Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain". Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. December 9, 2023.
  35. ^ "Designs of the Year". www.designsoftheyear.com
  36. ^ "Inicio : Inicio". January 27, 2013. Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine.