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Categories: Art, Events,

May 23, 2024,

The 17th Annual International Projection Art Festival in Alys Beach, FL

The Alys Foundation is happy to announce the winners of the 17th Annual Digital Graffiti Festival, which took place this past May 16-18, 2024 in Alys Beach, located along the Emerald Coast of Northwest Florida. Digital Graffiti is one of the world’s largest projection art shows, made distinctive in its use of the white stuccoed masonry architecture of Alys Beach as a surprisingly dynamic canvas for art, technology, and creative innovation. The intricate detailing of the town’s architecture offers variation in roofline and elevation, from the intricate patterns of shutters, breeze blocks and openings for ventilation to the bold lines of grand stairways, towers, verandas, fountains, and other functional design elements. These expressions of both aesthetic design and functionality create a play between the architectural canvas and the projected artworks, which include the latest in design, animation, projection mapping, generative art, experimental short films, and light-, sound-, and motion-responsive installations.

Announcing the 2024 Digital Graffiti Winners

Best in Show: Peter Clark, Arboriform

Curator’s Choice: Johannes DeYoung, The Endless Mile

Special Recognition: Svitlana Reinish, Infinity Whispers

Special Recognition: Yandell Walton, Transient Entanglement

Special Recognition: Ryan Lewis, They the People

The festival’s juried show features the works of 57 finalists from the worldwide arena, selected from over 125 submissions. Finalists represented 16 countries, with 5 of the 7 continents, and 19 states. The Emerging Artist Showcase included the art works of students from Cypress College (CA), Savannah College of Art & Design (GA), University of Missouri (MO), Western Washington University (WA), Seaside Neighborhood School and Seacoast High School (FL). The total number of exhibiting artists was 139 showing 72 artworks, with 45 artists in attendance.

Congratulations to the Digital Graffiti 2024 Finalists

0010X0010, Alex Harvill, Alex Mendoza, Alyssa Mackersie, Anabela Costa, AOK VISIONS, Arix Zalace, Aural Eye, Border Williams, Brian Ratigan/Non Films, David Bennett, Eddy Katt, Eric Homan, eSoul Experiences, Fumie Ito Matters, Gábor Szűcs, Incredible Outliers, Jean-Michel Rolland, Jennifer Akalina Petuch, Jinkyu Kang, Johannes DeYoung, Kati Angelov, Katina Bitsicas, Kirby Clements, Lin Xinye, Luke Hildreth, Lynn Kim, Maddy Lee (Newmoon), Maria Sánchez, Meghan Romance, Michael Betancourt, Mintang Fitzpatrick, Nanomation, Nowhere Mountain, Patrick Kuhnmuench, Paul Echeverria, pavee, Peter Clark, Priscilla Quek, Prizma Visuals, Rafael Graf, Reese Betts, Robin Moedder, Ryan Lewis, S4RA, Shane Reynolds – Color Earth, SNAPLIGHT – Wan yin & Yi yu, Studio SHUM, Svitlana Reinish, THE FOX THE FOLKS, Thomas Brown, tiainen.xyz, TokenNDN, Valentin Sismann, Vanessa Cardui, Wendy Yu, Yandell Walton

2024 Residency Artists

As Digital Graffiti Residency Artists for the 2024 festival, the works of Diana Reichenbach, X Enterprises International, and Jeremy Oury were featured throughout the festival route.

2024 Judges

The 2024 Digital Graffiti judges panel included John Colette, Khoury Vogt Architects‘ Marieanne Khoury-Vogt, Geoffrey Platt, LUMA Projection Arts Festival’s Joshua Bernard, and Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County’s Jennifer Steele.

2024 Sponsors

Digital Graffiti is underwritten by The Alys Foundation, and additionally supported by our generous sponsors including Brasfield & Gorrie General Contractors, Innovative Sight & Sound, Galvas Construction, Emerald Coast Magazine, Scenic Stays, the Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County, Esteem Wealth Partners, Alys Beach Construction, Art Month Walton County, E.F. San Juan, the 30A Company, Stone Scapes, Alys Beach Real Estate, Will Burns – Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, Ferrari of Atlanta, and Sally Burns Contemporary Artist.

Introducing DGTV

For the 2024 Digital Graffiti festival, we launched DGTV as a new initiative to chronicle festival production, curation, and the creative and technical processes behind the show, hosted by Kevin Boyle. DGTV features interviews with the artists (finalists, residency artists, emerging artists), technicians, audience members, students, teachers, the festival curator, events producers, architects, culinary and beverage participants, sponsors, and others whose efforts contribute to the festival events. This link shows the DGTV recordings from the Saturday evening event, with more DGTV content to come.

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Gatsy Gala, Harlan's Place Foundation, Stock and Trade co, 30A events

Gatsy Gala, Stock and Trade co, 30A events

For more information about the festival, please visit digitalgraffiti.com. Be sure to follow Digital Graffiti on Facebook and/or Instagram for up-to-date information.

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ABOUT THE ALYS FOUNDATION:

The Alys Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established to support the long-term community values of the town. Funds can be used to finance community, environmental, cultural, and educational programs at Alys Beach as well as to help other nonprofit organizations in the greater community. The Foundation continues to give back to the community by hosting Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach, 30A Wine Festival, and Alys Beach Crafted.

ABOUT ALYS BEACH:

Nestled amongst the pristine white sands and sparkling turquoise waters of northwest Florida’s Gulf Coast sits Alys Beach, a fully-bespoke, luxury lifestyle and vacation experience – a seaside destination where life is refreshed. Known for its striking white architecture, Alys Beach is a New Urbanist community built for relationships, connection, and for building memories around the town’s most sought-after amenity, the pristine Gulf beaches. With all of its 158 acres within a short walk of the beach and designed for engaging and comfortable access to the town center’s shops and restaurants, Alys Beach is truly an unparalleled experience. Alys Beach has long attracted homeowners and vacation guests with an eye for distinctive design and detail, and the town’s signature events serve to reinforce a sense of being transported to a place of luxury found within the balance of beauty, simplicity, and grace. To a place where life is not just lived, it is defined. Alys Beach Town Architects Marieanne Khoury-Vogt and Erik Vogt of Khoury Vogt Architects have been awarded the prestigious 2023 Arthur Ross Award for Excellence in the Classical Tradition for Architecture by the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA). For more information, please visit alysbeach.com.