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Following yesterday's news of Graffiti Research Lab founder James Powderly being detained in Beijing, came news of five other American artists being held for a similar reason. The pro-Tibet activists held a banner with the words “Free Tibet” written in bright blue LED throwies in both English and Chinese. The peaceful protest took place in Beijing’s Olympic Park, and within 20 seconds the five were being detained.

EVENT: It's another First Friday at The Bronx Museum, where there will be free beer, music and of course art. Tonight's a "New York City rock and roll extravaganza; a musical exploration of up and coming urban rock and roll superstars with The Bangers and Dragons of Zynth."

As if the Graffiti Research Lab hadn't blurred the line between establishment art, graffiti culture, and technology enough, they recently bombed the Museum of Modern Art. During a cocktail reception at the museum, GRL used its laser-guided, software enabled, light spray paint system to project virtually-dripping messages on an interior wall of the museum. They ranged from the tags of well known New York graffiti stars to messages directed at the wine-sipping attendees ("F*** You Snobs.") We doubt that Councilman Peter Vallone was in attendance.

Paul McDonough, New York City 1968-1972 is the current exhibit at Sasha Wolf's gallery. Wolf, as curator, worked closely with the artist for over a year putting together a collage of street photography from the time. McDonough, a current Brooklynite, says when he arrived here in the late '60s, photographing "satisfied my sketching impulses...I learned to carry a camera everywhere, all the time, loaded with 400-speed film."

The New York Times profiles James Powderly and Evan Roth today. The robotics engineer and Parsons grad formed the Graffiti Research Lab in 2005 as a design studio focused on developing methods of urban communication. One of their recent creations is an oversized tricycle equipped with a video camera, a digital projector, a laptop computer, and speakers. The setup can be used with a green laser pointer to project light graffiti onto different surfaces. "The idea is to put the tools for unfiltered, unsanctioned public expression in the hands of those who might otherwise shy away from grabbing a spray can or a paint marker."

We were traveling the day The Graffiti Research Lab's new show, Open City, premiered at Eyebeam, so we decided to go check it out yesterday afternoon. The exhibit was completely mind blowing-- a dozen or more installations showing the latest and greatest in graffiti technology and culture-jamming performance art. They've got fire-extinguisher tagging systems, subway-swings, laser-projection graffiti, and a whole bunch of other stuff that's impossible to describe. Check it out for yourself, either online or in person. Open City will be on-display through April 7th, Tuesday through Saturday, 12-6 @ 540 West 21st between 10th and 11th.

Eyebeam's 2007 exhibition season commences tonight. The 10th Anniversary year begins with Open City, "a glimpse into the current media and tactics of artists who take their practices into the street."

First things first: According to WNBC, the NYPD says that NYC marketing firm Interference Inc. gave them a list of 41 locations where the Aqua Teen Hunger Force LED devices were hung (38 in Manhattan, including the Meatpacking District, Greenwich Village, LES, and 3 in Brooklyn). The NYPD only found two which were at 33rd Street and the West Side Highway, which can only mean that everyone who passed by these things and heard the news last night must have taken them! And does anyone know what the other locations were? Gothamist is curious to know where Interference thinks ATHF fans are. Let us know in the comments!

Light Criticism, from the Graffiti Research Lab and Anti-Advertising Agency.

There seem to be a lot of LVHRD events lately! Tonight they present Bi-FOLD II: Street.

THEATER: Beastie Boy Adrock (who turns 40 next month!) was but a wee homey when his father, Israel Horovitz, penned his hit play “Line” 32 years ago. That dark comedy is the longest-running play in off-off-Broadway history. It’s about five people stuck on line and their shameless machinations to get to the front. The theater’s website boasts that the play has been performed in 25 countries and split the sides of 100,000 theatergoers. Who will be 100,001? - John Del Signore

-- And some sad news: St. Brigid's is being torn down.

Last week Eyebeam's Graffiti Research Lab put on a great event featuring the Mark Jenkins. He talked about his amazing packing-tape sculptures which have to be seen to be believed-- he builds them by literally wrapping packing tape around models, and then cutting the tape away to make a cast. While he was in town, the GRL guys wired a couple of his sculptures with LEDs, and placed the final product on the streets of Nolita-- we saw them a couple of days back on Lafayette at the corners of Prince and Delancey. You can see a video of the whole collaboration here-- it's some fun, futuristic stuff.

If you're in the West Village or Chelsea today, swing by one of these happenings:

Those crazy cats at Chelsea's Eyebeam.org never stop. They've been noodling around with 3D plots of New York City, and have finally figured out a way to print 3D models using the information. Check out this post on their blog-- they also did one of Columbus Circle. [Related: they've also been doing some updates at the Graffiti Research Lab.]

The evil geniuses at the Eyebeam Graffiti Research Lab are at it again. James wrote in: "btw, here's a link to our newest release: the night writer. check out the video. gonna be fucking huge in germany!" The Night Writer device entails a bunch of LEDs, affixed to a board, and put up using a giant pole. It's pretty cool-- and the video they made is totally insane.