James Powderly of Graffiti Research Labs Detained In China

Posted by timothy on Wednesday August 20, 2008 @06:43AM from the many-eyes-might-help dept.

An anonymous reader writes "News from Free Tibet 2008 that internationally known artist, technologist and co-founder of the Graffiti Research Lab, James Powderly, was detained in Beijing early on August 19th while preparing to debut a new work and technology of protest, the L.A.S.E.R. Stencil. According to a Twitter message received yesterday by Students for a Free Tibet at approximately 5 pm Beijing Standard Time, Powderly had been detained by Chinese authorities at 3 am. His current whereabouts remain unknown. Powderly was the inventor of throwies." (Powderly's detention was also mentioned at Make Magazine's blog.)

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Whoops by Ethanol-fueled · 2008-08-20 06:45 · Score: 5, Funny

He made the mistake of catching the wrong bus to the olympics.
Was? by Quiet_Desperation · 2008-08-20 06:50 · Score: 4, Funny

Powderly was the inventor of throwies."
Was? You're writing him off already? Geez! And people say *I'm* a pessimist.
Re:So many ways to make a point by Steauengeglase · 2008-08-20 07:08 · Score: 5, Funny

Disrespecting the athletes by marring the games with these protests is no better than what happened in Munich in 1972.
His laser wasn't that powerful.