{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Urban Design"],"cover":{"alt":"Evan Roth’s Propulsion Paintings","height":720,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/evan-roth-propulsion-paintings/evan-roth-automated-spray-can.jpg","width":1200},"credit":"","date":"2012-04-07T17:22:32Z","description":"Evan Roth’s work process takes inspiration from free software movement and hacker ethos. His latest series is called Propulsion Paintings...","html":"\u003cp\u003eA few days ago, the \u003ca href=\"http://welcometodetro.it/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWelcome To Detroit\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e exhibition by \u003cstrong\u003eEvan Roth\u003c/strong\u003e (the guy who invented the \u003ca href=\"/hackers-graffiti-writers/\"\u003eGraffiti Markup Language\u003c/a\u003e) finished and after presenting several new works, combining popular culture with a certain hacker’s philosophy, what persists is all those great short-films, Roth created documenting his \u003cem\u003ePropulsion Paintings\u003c/em\u003e series\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvan Roth has been living and making new work in Detroit for the last month, gearing up for a solo exhibition that opens this Wednesday at Eastern Michigan University: Welcome to Detroit. His new series of artworks is called: Propulsion Paintings. As part of his residency at Eastern Michigan University, he’s teaching a course called Art and Hacking where he had the students create their own Propulsion Paintings as their first project.\u003c/em\u003e (\u003ca href=\"http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2012/03/12/propulsion-paintings/\"\u003etodayandtomorrow.net\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe main act in all of those videos is a moded spay-can and a ordinary something, like the Stars and Stripes, a table tennis ball, etc. In this way, \u003ca href=\"http://evan-roth.com/work/propulsion-paintings/\"\u003eEvan\u003c/a\u003e hands over the reins to a semi-automated spray-can and tries to highlight how small shifts in visualization can allow us to see our environment with new eyes\u0026hellip; Quite interesting in my eyes!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csection class=\"external-video\" aria-label=\"Vimeo video\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVideo / Vimeo\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Vimeo player loads only when you choose to load it; Vimeo then receives your connection information.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/38251266\" rel=\"noreferrer\"\u003eWatch on Vimeo\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"button\" data-video-src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/38251266?dnt=1\" data-video-title=\"Vimeo video referenced by Evan Roth’s Propulsion Paintings\" hidden\u003eLoad Vimeo player\u003c/button\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"video-player\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"external-video\" aria-label=\"Vimeo video\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVideo / Vimeo\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Vimeo player loads only when you choose to load it; Vimeo then receives your connection information.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/37921655\" rel=\"noreferrer\"\u003eWatch on Vimeo\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"button\" data-video-src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/37921655?dnt=1\" data-video-title=\"Vimeo video referenced by Evan Roth’s Propulsion Paintings\" hidden\u003eLoad Vimeo player\u003c/button\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"video-player\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"external-video\" aria-label=\"Vimeo video\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVideo / Vimeo\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Vimeo player loads only when you choose to load it; Vimeo then receives your connection information.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/37927700\" rel=\"noreferrer\"\u003eWatch on Vimeo\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"button\" data-video-src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/37927700?dnt=1\" data-video-title=\"Vimeo video referenced by Evan Roth’s Propulsion Paintings\" hidden\u003eLoad Vimeo player\u003c/button\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"video-player\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"external-video\" aria-label=\"Vimeo video\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVideo / Vimeo\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Vimeo player loads only when you choose to load it; Vimeo then receives your connection information.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/37997373\" rel=\"noreferrer\"\u003eWatch on Vimeo\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"button\" data-video-src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/37997373?dnt=1\" data-video-title=\"Vimeo video referenced by Evan Roth’s Propulsion Paintings\" hidden\u003eLoad Vimeo player\u003c/button\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"video-player\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/section\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVia \u003ca href=\"http://www.rebelart.net/diary/evan-roth-propulsion-paintings/0013100/\"\u003erebelart.net\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"http://www.whudat.de/propulsion-paintings-by-evan-roth-4-shorties/\"\u003ewhudat.de\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"http://www.artschoolvets.com/news/2012/03/19/propulsion-paintings-evan-roth-lasst-die-spraydosen-los-video/\"\u003eartschoolvets.com\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nA few days ago, the [*Welcome To Detroit*](http://welcometodetro.it/) exhibition by **Evan Roth** (the guy who invented the [Graffiti Markup Language](/hackers-graffiti-writers/)) finished and after presenting several new works, combining popular culture with a certain hacker’s philosophy, what persists is all those great short-films, Roth created documenting his *Propulsion Paintings* series...\n\n*Evan Roth has been living and making new work in Detroit for the last month, gearing up for a solo exhibition that opens this Wednesday at Eastern Michigan University: Welcome to Detroit. His new series of artworks is called: Propulsion Paintings. As part of his residency at Eastern Michigan University, he’s teaching a course called Art and Hacking where he had the students create their own Propulsion Paintings as their first project.* ([todayandtomorrow.net](http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2012/03/12/propulsion-paintings/))\n\nThe main act in all of those videos is a moded spay-can and a ordinary something, like the Stars and Stripes, a table tennis ball, etc. In this way, [Evan](http://evan-roth.com/work/propulsion-paintings/) hands over the reins to a semi-automated spray-can and tries to highlight how small shifts in visualization can allow us to see our environment with new eyes... Quite interesting in my eyes!\n\n[Video on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/38251266)\n[Video on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/37921655)\n[Video on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/37927700)\n[Video on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/37997373)\n\nVia [rebelart.net](http://www.rebelart.net/diary/evan-roth-propulsion-paintings/0013100/), [whudat.de](http://www.whudat.de/propulsion-paintings-by-evan-roth-4-shorties/), [artschoolvets.com](http://www.artschoolvets.com/news/2012/03/19/propulsion-paintings-evan-roth-lasst-die-spraydosen-los-video/).\n","tags":["Documentary Film","Evan Roth","Painting","Urban Hacking"],"title":"Evan Roth’s Propulsion Paintings","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/evan-roth-propulsion-paintings/"}