DOGFEST is a microfilm/microcinema online festival hosted in collaboration with HAPPY PARTY. Musicians and artists are partnered together to make short 1-minute films (2 minutes max). The films will be livestreamed in early October.

NOTICES:

- You must sign up as either a visualist or a musician in this festival. If you are a visualist, you will be assigned a musician to work with, and vice versa. You can nominate someone to be your partner, otherwise, one will be assigned to you.- Working solo is acceptable, but not encouraged. You must be able to make the audio and visuals for your film!- Work is done remotely for the festival, and main communication is through Discord. The official deadlines and notices will be sent out via email. If you know someone in real life or locally, you can nominate them to be your partner and work in-person.- Due to logistical reasons, not everyone who signs up will be accepted. We will try to put together as many teams as we can.FILM REQUIREMENTS:- The film can be anywhere between 1 second to 2 minutes long.It is suggested that you make your film 1 minute. If your film is
longer than 2 minutes (2:01) it will not be accepted.- Any resolution / size is acceptable.- Must be able to connect to the theme “dog”. It is vague for a reason.- Please send files using wetransfer or Google Drive.

**8/24 - SIGNUPS OPEN
9/04 - PARTICIPANTS SELECTED AND INVITES SENT
9/04 - 09/30 - CREATION PERIOD
10/01 - FILMS DUEJUDGING PERIOD TBA

Makers can sign up to participate at the following link below:

CURATOR: WILLIAM GORE (HE/HIM)

In Appalachia and the Greater South, genders are formed in dead-end towns and stifling environments. However restrictive these places are, there's freedom and belonging found in these spaces. From discovering gender with like-minded people to seeing gender in religion and nature, no legislation will ever prevent the Southern understanding of gender from thriving.
While formulating this exhibition, I’ve strived to get experiences of gender in the South outside of my own as gender is influenced and formed by our environment and uncontrolled aspects of our birth– politics, class, ethnicity, race, and sex, among many others. The Southern United States has a rich history of revolutionary thought, motivated by continuous economic and social struggle. For this reason, The South is a place where transgressive gender and gender expression thrives.

CATALOG WILL BE RELEASED ON THE FINAL WEEK OF EXHIBITION. PLEASE ENJOY AND BROWSE THE WORKS!

Art is organized by the medium used. Please click the buttons on the right to navigate the exhibit.

an angel grows his wings
Max Diamond
13 x 12.5 in.
acrylic, oil pastel, colored pencil, polymer clay, and denim on cardboard

...And they called it a woman, trying to make it conform,
Lucian Griffin
20" x16"
Acrylic and Collage on canvas

Forgotten Promise of Love and Acceptance
Lucian Griffin
24"x12"
Mixed Media

A Call to The Corners
AB Bedran
12"x24"
collage

Forgotten Prayers
AB Bedran
12"x8"
collage

jesus panties
kyle cargill
collage

two cats getting married at fish church
kyle cargill
collage

Didn't You Know Coyotes Love Rugby?
Joshua Pack
2 pages
Digital

The Confines of Expectation
Ari Gayer
8.3 x 8.8 in
Digital (Procreate)

Fagirl
Radio Nidiffer
15"x15"
potholder loops, yarn

Fagirl (detail)
Radio Nidiffer
15"x15"
potholder loops, yarn

Pulse
Radio Nidiffer
10"x20"
potholder loops

Pulse (detail)
Radio Nidiffer
10"x20"
potholder loops

Stripes
Radio Nidiffer
10"x10"
potholder loops

Stripes (detail)
Radio Nidiffer
10"x10"
potholder loops

God Overlapped
Radio Nidiffer
15"x15"
potholder loops

God Overlapped (detail)
Radio Nidiffer
15"x15"
potholder loops

SOUTHERN CHIPTUNE MICROMIX (cover art)
sparklecats2009
audio duration: 13 minutes and 10 seconds

Submissions are now closed. Install in progress.

HAYLEY COLLINS

hayley collins is a multimedia nonbinary black lesbian artist whose topics surround lesbian/queer history, alienation, and irish folklore through illustration, animation, photography, and dollmaking.

ALIENVUPPY

Alienvuppy (Katt) is a black digital artist who aims to create unique and fun artwork that takes themes from the early 2000's and put a modern cartoony spin to them. Not only this, but alienvuppy aspires to become a veterinarian, having a major in biology and a minor in art.

KYLE CARGILL

Kyle (he/him) is an artist living in Clarksville, TN. He works with many mediums, focusing on painting, collage, and printmaking. Currently, his art focuses on alienation from others due to being queer and neurodivergent.

SPARKLECATS2009

sparklecats2009 (it/its) is an artist living and working in Knoxville, TN. 2009 received a Bachelors of Fine Arts: Concentration: Animation at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN.

It explores a variety of mediums as both a fine artist and animator. Paintings, videos, motion graphics, and small sound technology are some of the areas of its interest.