Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach
Description
The 17th Annual Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach festival, underwritten
by The Alys Foundation, will be
held May 17-18, 2024.
The New Urbanist community of Alys Beach, located along the Northwest
Florida coastline and Scenic Highway 30A, provides the setting for Digital
Graffiti – an organic, open-air gallery for original artworks projected against
the elegant white walls of Alys Beach. As the architecture of Alys Beach
provides large-scale blank canvases for the collection, varied in height and
articulation, the show explores this interplay between art and architecture for
artist, technician, curator, and audience. This engagement is transformative,
creating an immersive and interactive art projection experience that is
entirely unique to the Digital Graffiti festival, named as one of the top “24 Unconventional Art Destinations Around the World” by National
Geographic.
Artists, designers, photographers, and architects are invited to submit
their artwork for the juried show, to be projected under the night sky, the
latest in design, animation and projection technologies illuminating the
pedestrian pathways, pocket parks, and courtyards of Alys Beach. The festival
features two glowing evenings of innovation and inspiration, with artists from
around the world exhibiting works of projection mapping, generative art,
experimental short films, and animation, as well as sound, motion, and
light-responsive installations.
Digital Graffiti is a juried show of original works of digital
projection art. The 2024 awards include Best of Show ($5,000 prize), Curator’s
Choice ($2,000 prize) and three Special Recognition honors (at $1,000 prize
each), selected by the festival’s curator, John Colette, and esteemed panel of
judges. The Alys Foundation has donated more than $300,000 in awards and
artist stipends over the past 16 years, all to further digital work in the
public realm.