Now open for its 2022 edition, the main idea behind the festival and the competition is to promote modern art as a form of dialogue with the public and to encourage young artists to create art engaged in reality. Billboards – the symbol of the modern age consumption – are transformed into an object of consideration, reflection and a deep insight into ourselves and the surrounding.

Artists are invited to prepare an artwork in response to this year’s competition theme: Love or hatred? Truth or falsehood? What should we appreciate in these uncertain times?

Recent months and years have been marked by constant uncertainty. Lives of individuals and whole societies are no longer predictable. We are facing one crisis after another, without any break. The pandemic is not over yet, and the war in Ukraine broke out. How should we live in these tough times and reinvent ourselves? What is important? What can help us make sense of what is going on, what we are experiencing and what we are going through? How to find hope? What can we rely on and what should we choose? What should we stand for?

Both individual artists and groups of artists can participate in the competition. If some other slogan or phrase is used in the work, it should be expressed in either Polish or English language.

There is no entry fee.

Eligibility

Open worldwide to all people, artists and students.

Prize

From all the entries, the jury will select 6 most interesting works which will be printed and displayed on billboards in the city space during the Art Moves Festival in September 2022 in Torun, Poland. The best selected work will receive the Main Award in the amount of 4000 PLN (approx. 872 EUR / 937 USD).