MoCA L.I.ghts VI
LED: Light Evoking Dreams - 100 Years of Surrealism
MoCA L.I.ghts VI will transform the Village of Patchogue into a luminous dreamscape—where time bends, objects breathe, and the imagination reigns.
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Surrealism, we invite artists working in digital media, video, and projection art to submit works inspired by dreams, the unconscious, and the surreal.MoCA L.I.ghts is seeking works that awaken the irrational, embrace the uncanny, and drift freely through dream logic. Inspired by the legacy of artists like Dalí, Carrington, and Magritte, as well as contemporary visionaries such as Julie Curtiss, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, and Inka Essenhigh, we will light up the night with moving, morphing visions that slip between waking life and the dream world.
In collaboration with the Patchogue Theatre of Performing Arts, a rotating series of artist-created videos, gifs, animation, and/or digitally created still works by artists will be presented on the marquee of the Patchogue Theatre. Artists are invited to submit site-specific works to be displayed on the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts digital marquee. Works need to meet specific specs to be considered, please review the guidelines carefully.
If you want to learn more about how to create an animation GIF that you can then submit for possible inclusion in this opportunity you can watch a number of different virtual labs created by 2020, 2021, 2022, & 2023 MoCA L.I.ghts Artists! To find them visit PatchogueArts.org and visit the MoCA L.I.ghts Virtual Lab link under PAConnected.
This exhibition will run on the marquee from October - December 2025, and will be included in all MoCA L.I.ghts® events taking place October 23 – 28, 2025. Exact run times TBA
ART ON THE MARQUEE® is part of the Patchogue Arts Council MoCA L.I.ghts 2025 program.
As the days get shorter and darker the Village of Patchogue will begin to glow again as the Patchogue Arts Council presents MOCA L.I.ghts 2025. A series of compelling, site-specific artist-designed works that include projection, video, animation, and gifs. Works will be exhibited in multiple locations throughout the downtown from October - December 2025 transforming the Village into an immersive open-air museum. MoCA L.I.ghts® is a free program open to the community at large.
*Art on the Marquee concept, format, and idea is considered creative property of the Patchogue Arts Council • Museum of Contemporary Art L.I. This program may not be copied without permission.
Submission Details & Guidelines
Submission Deadline: September 18, 2025
Notifications by: September 28, 2025
Artists can submit a max of 3 works
Submissions must include the following information for each work:
・Title , Date of completion and Type of media
・An artist statement and an artist bio
All files should be labeled with the artist’s name and title of work.
Ex: Yourname_titleofwork.gif, Yourname_titleofwork.jpg, Yourname_titleofwork.docx, and Yourname_titleofwork.pdf
ONLY WORK SUBMITTED BY THIS FORM WILL BE CONSIDERED
REQUIREMENTS & RESTRICTIONS
Works must be sized correctly to be placed on the marquee. Submissions that are not the correct specs will not be considered. Please follow the guidelines below. These guidelines are specific to the technology of the marquee.
<< Marquee Submission >>
For each submission, please submit:
・1 GIF animation file, and
・1 freeze-frame JPEG file from the animation
---- Animation File Guidelines ----
Format: GIF Animation
Size: 90 pixels high x 1080 pixels wide
Maximum file size: 5 MB
Maximum length: 30 seconds
Max frame rates: up to 5 frame-per-second
No sound
---- Freeze-frame File Guidelines ----
Format: JPEG
Size: 90 pixels high x 1080 pixels wide
Maximum file size: 1 MB
*This file must be a freeze-frame image from the animation
NO SUBMISSION FEES
*** IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS UPLOADING PLEASE SEND YOUR SUBMISSION TO INFO@PATCHOGUEARTS.ORG