[artinfo] A 'How to' Guide to Charming Authorities

[ANAT Communications]

Graffiti Research Lab - A 'How to' Guide to Charming Authorities

New York based Graffiti Research Lab (GRL) have landed on the streets 
(and walls) of an unsuspecting Adelaide - arming its residents with 
their trademark LED Throwies, laser tags and a fascinating guide to 
charming authorities.

GRL creators James Powderly and Evan Roth are officially here to run 
the Graffiti Research Lab masterclass, presented by Carclew Youth 
Arts in association with the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts and the 
Australian Network for Art and Technology - but in typical GRL style, 
are managing to squeeze in some public havoc along the way.

Roth and Powderly have also coordinated in a number of public events 
including their exceptionally popular Throwies Workshop at the 
Adelaide Festival Centre Artspace. As GRL masterclass participant and 
blogger-in-residence Lachlan Tetlow-Stuart comments; "Like rock 
concert punters, people massed outside the venue jostling to get a 
good position. 7:00 came and it was obvious that the numbers had been 
underestimated...but like Moses commanding his flock, James bestrides 
the masses commanding submission and compliance".

Join the adventures at www.anat.org.au/grl - the site is updated daily.

"What strikes you first about GRL is 'cool'. From James' black 
wrap-around shades to Evan's Firefox t-shirt, these guys have new-New 
York down. There's something dominating about their confidence; years 
of pushing boundaries and standing up for the rights of the 'common 
people' does that to you... but you can't help but be impressed. And 
yet they're so laid back they could almost fall off their chairs." 
Comments Fee Plumley, emerging technologies Program Manager, ANAT.

Lachlan goes onto say, "with a GRL Adelaide in our midst, it is only 
a matter of time before Adelaide's skyline is transformed into a 
Mecca for colourfully-illuminated-street-subversion. Propelling the 
6th Element of Hip-Hop blazing through the sleepy night of the city 
of churches, lovingly accompanied by some cranking tunes and good 
old-fashioned deviant-street-revelry".

www.graffitiresearch.org
www.anat.org.au/grl
www.carclew.org.au