Graffiti Research Lab Invades MoMA!

Graffiti is as ubiquitous in New York as the sky and the buildings that scrape them. Until nowish. Time.com has published an article on James Powderly and Evan Roth, graffers who’ve taken their art form off the streets, into the lab, and back onto the streets again. The duo uses a form of graffiti they call laser-tagging, which is a short-term, invisible paint that is only revealed once splashed in the light of a special projector. Instead of a can, they use a laser pointer. Tough to fathom, to be sure. Roth and Powderly have tattooed everything from the underbelly of the Brooklyn Bridge to the tech-towers of Hong Kong. Videos of their projections make for popular YouTube clips, and can be seen on their website GraffitiResearchLab.com. And, instead of law enforcement taking notice, it’s caught the attention of museum curators. The MoMA is even featuring their work at their "Design and The Elastic Mind" exhibit, which runs until May 12th. Check out a video of their work after the jump.