The Graffiti Research Lab has officially renamed The Verizon Communications Corporation in a ceremony supervised by the U.S. Department of Homeland Graffiti to celebrate the July 9th FISA Legislation granting telecommunication companies retroactive immunity from legal action in cases of warrantless and unconstitutional wiretapping. Under its new name, The National Security Administration, the behemoth telecom will enjoy a greater degree of freedom from assault by litigious U.S. citizens when breaking the law and capitulating to the Bush administration. Thank god for liberal senators like Barack Obama who are looking out for the little guys like AT&T, BellSouth and other major telecom companies. When asked about the FISA provision, NSA/Verizon chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg, said, “This is a big new step for our company and our investors.” He continued, “Now we ARE the government, so fuck you… try to stop us! Mwahaha!”

For a list of other U.S. Senators who are protecting the rights of all Americans who own communication monopolies click here.

Stay tuned for more action from the GRL’s latest WMD, the L.A.S.E.R. Stencil, aka the Green Lantern, in its international debut.

GRL: doing the U.S. governments dirty work since 2006.

It’s right here.

Peep the Leaks from inside the Dept. of Homeland Graffiti Liquidation Sale.

Grafgate opens on First Friday, June 6th, 2008
8 p.m. ’til late • free and open to the public
Exhibition runs from June 4th - June 28th

@ Gallery Anno Domini
in Man Jose, Caliboringya

BTW, dont believe the hype, The GRL was not invited to San Jose or supported in any way by Zero1. Why are we on ur website? We’re self-produced, independent and free to say, “FUCK YOU 01!”. All praise to Gallery AD.

The United States of America is going out of business! :( But here at the U.S. Department of Homeland Graffiti, we want to turn this moment of national embarrassment and hard times into real savings for you and your family. :) From June 4th through the 28th, the U.S.D.H.G and the Graffiti Research Lab are liquidating all confiscated, high-tech graffiti artifacts and tools, expunged evidence, court exhibits, redacted documents and office furnishings, priced to sell. So grab a handful of Euros or Mao Bucks (U.S. currency still accepted while supplies last) and head on down to Gallery Anno Domini located between U.S. Routes 101 and 280 in Silicon Valley, California. Don’t miss out on these sub-prime deals,because just like our empire, bargains like this won’t last forever! Offer void in Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, and North Dakota. Local sales tax and service charges may apply bitches.

Artist’s Reception: First Friday, June 6th, 2008
8 p.m. ’til late • free and open to the public
Exhibition runs from June 4th - June 28th

U.S.A.D.O.A.U.S.A.D.O.A.U.S.A.D.O.A.U.S.A.D.O.A.U.S.A.U.S.A.D.O.A.U.S.A.D.O.A.U.S.

Terrortites

2-layer U.S.D.H.G. Shield Prints

Homeland Security Advisory Canvas

U.S.D.H.G. Control Shield

More SALE items here on fuckflickr.

Graffiti Research Lab: The Complete 1st Season is coming to Sundance @ BAM in Brooklyn on Saturday, May 31st with a FREE midnight screening. Get rowdy and get downtown by 9:30 PM to get your laser-scribble on at the opera house followed at midnight by the only movie to officially be put on the Dept. of Homeland Security no-fly list.

BAM
Saturday, May 31st at midnight
FREE AS IN FREE BEER!

It takes a legend to go ALL CITY, and a legendary toy to go ALL MUSEUM. Watch your back Pompidou.

GRL @ the Tate Modern on fuckflickr.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Graffiti is partnering with the Secret Intelligence Service to bring Brooklyn’s worst graf crew, the Graffiti Research Lab, to jolly-old mother-fucking England for Street Art at the Tate Modern, May 25th & 26th.

I don’t know from art, but who wants to write their name on the Tate, snap a flick of it and post that jawn on their facebook‽ If you’re a graf writer, get in touch.

Graffiti Research Lab
@ the Tate Modern,
May 25th & 26th,
along the Thames and at Level 2 Café.
Free as in Freedom.

Thanks to Raw Canvas and lil’ SOWF for the invite.

GRL. DDSOS. Doing it for the kids since 2006.

Click here to waste 3 minutes and 26 seconds of company time.

Watch the Complete 1st Season Trailer here.

GRL: The Complete First Season screens this Sunday, May 4th @ 8PM at the MoMA. After the flick, talk with artists featured in the film, including Mark Jenkins, Leon Reid, Steve Lambert, the GRL and special guests + party to the music of Javelin. BYOPS! (Bring your own purple stuff).

Get your tickets here!

SORRY! We sold-out. But the Complete First Season will be showing at BAM on Saturday, May 31st at midnight. Cost = Free!

Here’s the moment none of you have been waiting for…

GRL: The Complete First Season will make its NYC premiere for PopRally at the Museum of Modern Art on May 4th @ 8PM + PARTY after the flick with Javelin and special, special guests.

Get your tickets here before they sell-out.

SORRY! We sold-out. But the Complete First Season will be showing at BAM on Saturday, May 31st at midnight. Cost = Free!

Or download the torrent of the unofficial DVD here before we sell-out (our DVD is coming soon!).

Read the official press release for the movie here ( redacted by the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Graffiti ):

From their origins in the trash room of a non-profit in Manhattan to their emergence as the instigators of an international art movement, Graffiti Research Lab: The Complete First Season documents the adventures of an architect and an engineer who quit their day jobs to develop high-tech tools for the art underground. The film follows the GRL and their network of graffiti artist collaborators (and commercial imitators) across four continents as they write on skyscrapers with lasers, mock advertisers with homemade tools, get in trouble with The Department of Homeland Security and make activism fun again. Primarily using video footage from point-and-shoot digital cameras (“The Pocket School”) and found-content on the web, the movie’s visual style draws as much from the art of the power point presentation and viral media as conventional documentary cinema. Narrated by GRL co-founders, Roth and Powderly, The Complete First Season makes a humorous and insightful argument for free speech in public, open source in pop culture, the hacker spirit in graffiti and not asking for permission in general. The film was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008. Available 24/7 on The Pirate Bay.

- For more GRL @ the MoMA with NYC’s finest look here, leap there and go thither.

Thanks to Hobby Boulihan for the best movie poster art eva!