Avoid pi

Adam VOID is an artist, musician[1] and activist living in Asheville, North Carolina.[2] VOID has worked under the pseudonym AVOID pi since 1999 and has produced numerous public works across the United States. He began his artistic career in South Carolina and in 2006 moved to Brooklyn, New York to produce graffiti on a national level. In 2007, he reintroduced fire extinguisher graffiti to Brooklyn, New York through a series of high-profile public sites.[3]

Adam VOID has been cited as a seminal contributor to the Brooklyn Street Art scene,[4] with inclusions in the group exhibitions, From The Streets of Brooklyn,[5] Work To Do,[6] Street Art New York,[7] PANTHEON,[8] Brooklyn Shelf Life,[9] Concrete to Data,[10] and ALL BIG LETTERS.[11]

During the occupations of 2011 and 2012, Adam VOID was an active member of Occupy Wall Street,[12] participating in actions and depicting the movement in street and gallery works.[13]

In 2015, Adam and his wife, artist Chelsea Ragan founded School of the Alternative (or Black Mountain School) an experiment in education and community based on the original campus of Black Mountain College. The project is a contemporary DIY interpretation of BMC, featuring a collaborative learning environment where educators create the content of study, students determine their level of engagement, and tuition is affordable for all.[14] The school continues to challenge traditional education and has brought together artists, thinkers, and educators from across the globe.[15]

AVOID is a main character in the 2016 existential fantasy film, Wastedland 2 (Dir. Andrew H. Shirley). Heralded as "A new Wizard of Oz for the Anarchist Street Youth." by Charlie Ahearn,[16] Wastedland 2 is set in a post-apocalyptic land, the last few remaining inhabitants are the spirit animals of graffiti writers. The film has toured the United States as a Do-It-Yourself art show and experimental film screening.[17]