GIF vs GIF | Moving the Still | A GIF Festival from LEGS MEDIA on Vimeo.

 
 
A high number of artists (including internet artists) and journalists attended the event. For instance, Johnny Misheff, the New York Times’ Visiting Artists writer who headed up the council, frames the show as an ode to the very young, anonymous arbiters of the GIF. “A good percentage of the more arresting GIFs we’ve seen spreading throughout the Internet like wildfire are produced by kids barely in their teens with incredible senses of beauty, political wit and, of course, humor”.
GIFs are currently “our generation’s most recognizable form of digital media”, and certainly one of the most accessible form of art.
Here’s a little story of the GIF :
 

A Short History of the Gif | Moving the Still from LEGS MEDIA on Vimeo.

 
 
And now guess what ? We’ve just found out that GIFs, as a piece of art, can be bought. BUT HOW ?
Check out this interview of Lauren Cornell, director at Rhizome and adjunct curator at the New Museum.
 

 
 
FYI, don’t forget to visit The Big Internet Museum : opened 24/7 !
 
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