Digital Graffiti Festival

Where immersive technology meets art and architecture.

The 17th Annual Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach festival, underwritten by The Alys Foundation, will be held May 17-18, 2024.

The Scenic 30A community of Alys Beach, located along the northwest Florida coastline, provides the environment for the Digital Graffiti festival, the open-air, organic gallery for the projections of these original artworks. Staged against the elegant white walls of Alys Beach, Digital Graffiti provides a large-scale blank canvas for artists to explore the visual intersection of art and architecture. The engagement between the art, architecture, and audience 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 to be projected under the night sky and onto the pristine, reflective white walls of Alys Beach. This evening festival features the town, buildings and landscape, illuminated by the latest in design, animation, and projection technologies; 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 festival 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.

Schedule

Tickets go on Sale March 15th 2024. 

Friday, May 17, 2024

10AM - 12PM – Digital Graffiti 101 Panel, Central Park

RSVP Required

This panel discussion will feature Curator John Colette and 2024 Digital Graffiti Finalists, moderated by Kevin Boyle, and is offered without charge; RSVP (digital ticket) will be required for entry.

2 - 4PM – Art + Technology Panel, Central Park

RSVP Required

This panel discussion will feature Technologist Geoffrey Platt and 2024 Digital Graffiti Finalists, moderated by Kevin Boyle, and is offered without charge; RSVP (digital ticket) will be required for entry.

6 – 8PM - Awards Party

Digital Graffiti launches the 17th annual festival at Alys Beach with a celebratory pre-party announcing the festival award winning artists. This is an invitation-only event.

8 – 11PM, Sponsored by Esteem Wealth Partners

Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach opens with an adult-only (21+), all-inclusive food and beverage experience. Stroll the festival path, lined with art installations intermixed with festive food and beverage presentations from the best local and regional chefs, restaurants, winemakers, distilleries, and breweries. This evening will be a spectacle for the senses! 

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