Graffiti Geekery

| February 21st, 2007

Technology and underground culture go hand in hand, with technology enabling all sorts of new and interesting ways for urban artists to get their messages out there. The Graffiti Research Lab is up to lots of intersting tricks, the latest being the L.A.S.E.R Tag.

A massive green laser, teamed up with a projector, camera and laptop running open source software all crammed into the back of what looks a bit like a mini mobile home and used to beam live graffiti installations onto incredibly tall buildings? Yes please.

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Also, have you seen Draw Here? When I saw this, it made me think all sorts of interesting things about the potential for secret layers to be added on top of the web. Plus I did get kicks from being the first person to tag the (virtual) Whitehouse.

3 Responses to “Graffiti Geekery”

  1. Ged Says:

    Welcome to the blogosphere at last Jonathan. I will post a link to your blog and the Tiger Beer dubbing viral before I go to bed. Re the graffiti, I still prefer Cunning Stunts putting Gail Porter sans clothes (but with hair) on Parliament. Nothing makes a statement like a good looking nude woman.

  2. Jonathan Says:

    Cheers Ged. Yes it’s long overdue. Gail Porter did indeed provide a benchmark for all other “let’s do a projection” ideas. Maybe we can think of that as projection 1.0 and this as 2.0?!

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