Education
Evan Roth received a degree in architecture from University of Maryland and a Master of Fine Arts from the Communication, Design and Technology school at Parsons The New School for Design, where he graduated as class valedictorian.
Evan Roth received a degree in architecture from University of Maryland and a Master of Fine Arts from the Communication, Design and Technology school at Parsons The New School for Design, where he graduated as class valedictorian.
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. 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 Laboratory ("GRL") with James Powderly in 2005.
GRL projects include LED Throwies and L.A.S.E.R. Tag. In 2007, Roth co-founded the Free Art and Technology Laboratory (FAT Laboratory), 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. 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.
Roth was again awarded a Rhizome Commission in 2008 for his project "T.S.A. Communications."
Several of Roth"s work are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Artist
China Channel (with Aram Bartholl and Tobias Leingruber)
T.S.A Communications
White Glove Tracking (with Ben Engebreth)
Skymall Liberation
The Art of Detouch
Animated Gif Mashup
Graffiti Research Laboratory (with James Powderly)
Graffiti Analysis
Explicit Content Only
Graffiti Taxonomy
Typographic Illustration
Selected exhibitions, screenings and performances include:
2011, Kitsch Digital: Tres décadas de interferencias en la web, Can Felipa. Barcelona, España. Curator Helena Acosta
2010, British Design Museum, British Insurance Design of the Year 2010, London, United Kingdom
2009, Fondation Cartier, Born In The Streets - Graffiti, Paris, France
2009, Kurzfilmtage, 55th International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany
2009, AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR FREE, Solo exhibition, Vienna, Austria
2009, Filmwinter, Festival Foreign Expanded Media, Stuttgart, Germany
2008, Museum of Modern Art, Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge, New York City, New York
2008, Thailand Creative & Design Center, Perishable Beauty Exhibition, Bangkok, Thailand
2008, Tate Modern, Street Art, London, United Kingdom
2008, Netherlands Media Art Institute, Speaking Out Loud, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2008, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Beyond a Memorable Fancy, New York City, New York
2008, Videotage, Secondlife, Hong Kong
2008, Museum of Modern Art, Design and the Elastic Mind, New York City, New York
2007, Sundance Film Festival, New Frontiers, Park City, Utah
2007, 2nd Digital Arts Festival, OpenPlay, Taipei City, Taiwan
2007, Microwave Festival, Luminous Echo, Hong Kong
2007, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Infovis Art Show, Sacramento, California
2007, Ars Electronica, Second City, Linz, Austria
2007, Eyebeam, Open City, New York City, New York
2006, Ars Electronica, Goodbye Privacy, Linz, Austria
2005, Tokyo Type Directors Club Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (Curated by John Maeda)
2005, Typsonic, Ingolstadt, Germany
2004, The Cracow Film Festival, Cracow, Poland.
Free Art and Technology Laboratory