


----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This is a space our group will share and upload ideas, research and work generation relating to our module investigation into 'The Graphic Act' project.
Paint Whole Buildings with Light Graffiti
The Graffiti Research Lab takes a laptop, projector, a high-resolution camera, and a 60 megawatt green laser, and decides to do something cool with it. The rest of the story might speak for itself, but to believe it, it must be seen: astonishing laser-guided light-graffiti that covers entire buildings.
The L.A.S.E.R. Tag installation, stashed in the back of a van or upon a cart, aims the camera on the target surface and tracks the laser pointer’s movement over it. It then uses the high-powered DLP projector to paint the traced image.
The sad thing is that most will use it to slash out tags rather than do anything creative with it. I know, deep down, that my first personal experience of this technology will likely be seeing the name “SUB” projected onto Canary Wharf as my train rolls into London’s Liverpool St. Station.
Thankfully, the system looks kinda complicated and expensive to set up (it’s open-source!), which, one hopes, may encourage more scenes from classic video games. The how-to is here.
Watch the video past the jump.
L.A.S.E.R. Tag [Graffiti Research Lab via Pop Science]
Application forms for the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2009 are now closed. Please visit: www.jerwooddrawingprize.org for further information.
The selection panel for the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2009 is Tania Kovats, Artist; Roger Malbert, Senior Curator, Hayward Touring Exhibitions, South Bank Centre; Nicholas Usherwood, Writer, Art Critic & Curator.
Group meeting:
Workshop reflective plan
- Look into 3 artist of general interest
- Choose one of those artists most interested in and make a slightly more in depth investigation on them
- Possibly if time make each choice different in terms of
o Drawing as a process/main body generator (conventional)
o Drawing as a main body of a working practice (conventional)
o Drawing as a generator or main body (unconventional)
Prepare this for individual choice of interest in a proposal to the rest of the group [include visual references].
This way it should help us establish a common interest of choice with a bit of research already founded to continue our investigation with.