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

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Biography

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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

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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]

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Evan Roth is an American artist known for his technology-driven practice that applies hacker philosophies to explore digital culture, privacy, surveillance, and free culture through works in public space, online platforms, and traditional media. Born in 1978 in Michigan, he trained in architecture at the University of Maryland before earning an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design, where he graduated as class valedictorian. [1] [2] Roth began his career as a Research and Development Fellow and later Senior Fellow at Eyebeam's OpenLab from 2005 to 2007, where he developed open-source creative technologies. He co-founded the Graffiti Research Lab in 2005 and the Free Art and Technology (F.A.T.) Lab in 2007, initiatives that advanced public-domain art tools and interventions blending street art with digital activism. His work visualizes transient and often invisible elements of communication technologies, examining their personal and cultural impacts while emphasizing individual agency in media-saturated environments. [1] [3] [2] Notable projects include his ongoing Internet Cache Self-Portrait series, exemplified by Since You Were Born, which repurposes the artist's own internet browsing data into large-scale installations that confront the permanence of digital traces. Roth's pieces have been exhibited at institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, Centre Pompidou, Tate, and Kunsthalle Wien, and are held in permanent collections including MoMA, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Israel Museum. He has received awards including the Golden Nica from Prix Ars Electronica and the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award. Roth lives and works in Berlin, Germany. [2] [3] [1] Evan Roth was born in 1978 in Okemos, Michigan.[4][1] He earned a degree in architecture from the University of Maryland before receiving an M.F.A. in Design and Technology from Parsons The New School for Design, where he graduated as class valedictorian.[1][4]

Career

Evan Roth began his career during his MFA in Design and Technology at Parsons School of Design, where he developed early projects including Graffiti Taxonomy, Typographic Illustration, Explicit Content Only, and Graffiti Analysis (his thesis project). From 2005 to 2007, Roth served as a Research and Development Fellow (2005–2006) and Senior Fellow (2006–2007) at Eyebeam's OpenLab in New York, focusing on open-source creative technologies. [4] In 2005, he co-founded the Graffiti Research Lab (GRL) with James Powderly during their Eyebeam fellowships. GRL created public-domain tools and interventions blending street art and digital technology, including notable projects like LED Throwies and L.A.S.E.R. Tag. In 2007, Roth co-founded the Free Art and Technology (F.A.T.) Lab, an online collective dedicated to open-source hacking, free culture, and artistic interventions in digital and popular media. [1] Roth's practice explores hacker philosophies to make visible transient or hidden aspects of communication technologies, surveillance, privacy, and digital culture through public space interventions, online platforms, software, and installations. His ongoing Internet Cache Self-Portrait series repurposes the artist's personal internet browsing history into visualizations and large-scale works, such as Since You Were Born (2020). [2] His works have been exhibited at major institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, Centre Pompidou, Tate Modern, and Kunsthalle Wien, and are held in permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Israel Museum. Roth has received recognition including the Golden Nica from Prix Ars Electronica and the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award. [2] [3] Roth lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

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