Laser 3.14
Laser 3.14 is the pseudonym of an anonymous graffiti artist, painter and poet in Amsterdam, who started writing graffiti in the early 1980s at the age of about eleven. • Illustration — Graffiti by Laser 3.14, November 2008
Laser 3.14
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- Laser 3.14
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- Street poems
- Movement
- Graffiti
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- artist · poet
- Languages
- Dutch
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Laser 3.14 is the pseudonym of an anonymous graffiti artist, painter and poet in Amsterdam, who started writing graffiti in the early 1980s at the age of about eleven. • Illustration — Graffiti by Laser 3.14, November 2008
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• Name — Laser 3.14 • Known for — Street poems • Notable Works — Are you reading me? • Style — Tagging • Movement — Graffiti • Website — laser314.com
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The poet behind the tag Laser 3.14 sprays short socially critical street poems on fences and construction sites, especially in Amsterdam. His pseudonym is a reference to his love of science fiction. 3.14 here stands for Pi, which is also an abbreviation for 'Public Image'. His English poems have not gone unnoticed and he has given interviews to various media outlets. In addition to his graffiti activities, Laser 3.14 is an exhibiting artist and cartoonist. In April 2009 he published his book Are You Reading Me? In 2018 Laser 3.14 was a guest speaker at the TED conference TEDxAmsterdam.
Photo of two young women passing a construction fence with a writing of Amsterdam street artist Laser 3.14 and shadows of bare trees in early Spring - free image - photo of street photography Amsterdam by Fons Heijnsbroek in 2015.
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Worker is passing a short wall poem of Laser 3.14 on a wall fence in in Amsterdam city with sunlight and shadows - free photo of Dutch street photography by Fons Heijnsbroek
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- 1.Graffiti-poëet Laser 3.14. Het Parool. 2008-11-27.
- 2.Laser 3.14: Freedom Eeuwig Weekend. 2008-12-11.
- 3.Are you reading me? - Laser 3.14. 2011-07-25.
- 4.Creatie: Laser 3.14 spreker op tiende editie TEDxAmsterdam. fonkonline.nl.
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- Laser 3.14. Are you reading me?. Leboswki publishers. 2009. 978-90-488-0188-6.
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