For the fourth year, Alys Beach is allowing its iconic white walls and understated architecture to be the screens on which innovative digital works of art will be projected at the Digital Graffiti Festival, a juried digital art competition and exhibition.
Alys Beach gives artists from all over the world the opportunity to display their original work while competing for $10,000 worth of combined prize money, awarded in five different categories. All projected works and subject matter will be considered for the competition and display during the 2011 festival, which will be held June 11.
Tickets can be purchased for $20 at
2011 Digital Graffiti tickets on sale NOW! | Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach - The World's 1st Projection Art Festival through May 15. Tickets will be $25 online May 16 through June 10. The day of the festival, tickets will be $35, purchasable at the gate.
A panel of
judges with backgrounds involving the arts, film, architecture and journalism will evaluate the digital works. Among them are Florida’s State Film Commissioner, Lucia Fishburne as well as the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City’s Assistant Curator of Digital Media, Jason Eppink. Works will be judged in five categories including Best of Show, Judge’s Choice, Most Innovative/Experimental Submission, Best Local Submission, and Best Animated Submission.
“We are seeing work that continues to push digital materials in unique ways, allowing for more expressive, even soulful, results,” said Brett Phares, Digital Graffiti curator for Alys Beach. “The diversity of work has expanded as well, with submissions coming to us from Turkey, New Zealand and Senegal, to name a few. This year's walls at Alys Beach will see even brighter and more provocative work, building on a global awareness and maturity that makes the festival an important venue for projected art and artists.”