Evan Roth | |
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| Born | Evan Andrew Roth |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Maryland and Parsons The New School for Design |
| Known for | interactive art, programming, generative art, digital art, net art |
Evan Roth (b. 1978) is a media maker whose work focuses on tools of empowerment, open source and popular culture. He frequently releases work under the name "fi5e."
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. During his time at Parsons, he developed several high profile 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. [1]
Aftering 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. During that time he was co-founder of the Graffiti Research Lab along with James Powderly.[2] He also is co-founder of FAT (Free Art and Technology) Lab, a Brooklyn-based open source technology collective.
Roth teaches several courses at Parsons The New School for Design on topics such as visual programming, geek graffiti and internet fame. His work can be found on ni9e.com, which was awarded the grand prize Prix Nora Krea at the Norapolis International Multimedia Festival in 2005. Roth lives in Brooklyn with his wife.
White Glove Tracking (with Ben Engelbreath)
Graffiti Research Lab (with James Powderly)
Selected Exhibitions, Screenings and performances include: