2010DigitExposition
“There’s a certain irony of holding a digital festival in a rural town like Narrowsburg where cell phones still receive only spotty reception,” states Tina Spangler of the organizing committee for DIGIT. “But, this quiet atmosphere creates a comfortable environment in which local residents and visiting artists alike can come together to examine the ways digital technology impacts our everyday lives.”
The seventh annual DIGIT digital media exposition kicked off Friday, June 18 with a double opening reception of Conrad Gleber’s video installation “Four Walls / Four Seasons” at Alliance Gallery and “Alternate Reality” video screenings and installations in Loft Gallery at 37 Main Street in Narrowsburg, NY. Both exhibitions will remain on display through July 10.
As part of the "Alternate Realty" exhibition, DIGIT is proud to host innovative video works including “Beloved River: The Portal Form” by DIGit founder Patrick Carullo and "Utopia Island Simulation" by Nick Potter. The Loft Gallery also features seven video kiosks displaying new short works by digital artists from far and near, including Ellen Lake (Oakland), Lindell Lee McElfresh (Narrowsburg), Nick Rands (Brazil), and Kara Dunne (Vermont).
QUICK & GRITTY VIDEO SLAM
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance awarded $500 to videomaker Jonathan Beller and actor/collaborator Miguel Suero (Margolis Method artists-in-training) on Sunday, June 20 in Narrowsburg.
Their movie "Dada Dreams in Color" was the grand prize winner at the Quick & Gritty Video Slam, a competition of three-minute videos shot and edited during the opening weekend of DIGit.
View other 2010 Video Slam contenders
"Living It Up (Narrowsburg Style)" by Jay Hanson and ensemble
"Justiceburg" created by Andrew Lynch and Katie Melby.
At the DIGit 2009 Video Slam, two $500 grand prizes were awarded, thanks to an anonymous donor: Cass Collins’ digital portrait Narrowsburg at Night and Margolis Method Center students’ zombie flick DIGIT Feast. Both are on view in the Loft Gallery through July 10.
Sponsored by the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, DIGIT encourages creative and technical excellence and experimentation among individual artists and small groups working with digital tools. The event is funded in part by a grant from the Electronic Media and Film Program of the New York State Council on the Arts.
DIGIT is funded in part by a grant from the Electronic Media Program of the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency.
Produced by Woodstock Stage & Screen
Take a look at the DIGit line-ups from past years
DIGit 2009
DIGit 2008
DIGit 2007
DIGit 2006
DIGit 2005
DIGit 2004
