City Lights – Oglebay Park chosen for Digital Graffiti 2014

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Matt Swift, Film Studies’ multitalented Program Coordinator, will be displaying his work in June at the international festival Digital Graffiti 2014. For the past 2 years Matt has been producing an experimental documentary series entitled “City Lights and Rural Colors” that creates kaleidoscopic effects blurring the boundary between reality of a city or rural landscape and the imagination of the viewer. Matt investigates movement as it manipulates visual effects to challenge our assumptions of what landscape means to us. “City Lights Oglebay Park Festival,” a film from this series documenting a month-long, 300-acre Festival of Lights in West Virginia, has been named a finalist and will compete for the top prize at Digital Graffiti’s annual three-day event. Using animation and projection technologies to paint moving-image art onto the iconic white walls of Alyis Beach, Florida, Digital Graffiti 2014 is the first outdoor festival specifically organized to celebrate works using what is sometimes referred to as “Photon Bombing,” “Guerilla Projection,” or “Urban Projection.” Join us in congratulating Matt Swift on being chosen to be showcased at this important event.

Click here to find out more about Digital Graffiti 2014. http://www.digitalgraffiti.com/

To see more “City Lights and Rural Colors” visit Matt’s vimeo album. https://vimeo.com/album/2747980

Matt has created a gofundme campaign to support going to Digital Graffiti 2014 as well as making new videos while at Alys Beach. To support his project and receive unique rewards visit his campaign at – http://www.gofundme.com/8xd3u8

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