kent digital art project 2025

Kherson Park (307 West Gowe Street) includes a Lunar Rover replica, a life-sized astronaut, Lunar Lander and Mission Control play elements, and a large wall with projection capabilities. The Arts Commission provides artistic content for the projection component by showcasing artwork from digital/video media artists.

One large screen (approximately 30’ x 20’) located on the side of a building facing south toward Gowe Street is visible to the public from Kent-Kherson Park, as well as the sidewalks and streets at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and Gowe Street.

Works are displayed in rotation during presentation hours, generally dusk to 11 p.m. daily.

Up to five artists will be selected to present from one to three artworks based on completed or proposed media work, for a period of one year. Artworks should be five minutes or less in length. Artworks may include sound, but it is not required.

Selected artists will work with Arts Commission staff to adapt selected work for optimal presentation. (Playback will be done through a digital video player at 1920x1080, so final videos should be compressed, optimally with an H264 Codec wrapped in either MP4 or MOV depending on preference, with a file size cap of 1gb.) The Kent-Kherson projector utilizes software that will rotate artworks by all selected artists on a loop during presentation hours.