Opinion
Paper Orchard: GIFs Through Collage
Hilary Faye, a Melbourne-based animator and artist, has been making a series of GIFs pulled from materials she's found online and animated through collage.
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Opinion
History Meets the Strangest Animated GIFs
We dare you not to be fascinated by the wacky and amazing animated GIFs of Kevin Weird.
Opinion
Sometimes a GIF Is All You Need
Today and yesterday were glorious days in New York: August had come, the sun was shining, the weather was just right. They were the type of days that make you want to frolic, or skip or swing. And so it happened, when I clicked on a link in a tweet by pioneering net artist and critic Olia Lialina, t
Art
Found Stereoscopic Photos Make World War I Come Alive
Last year, the New York Public Library turned old stereoscopic photographs into internet-friendly GIFs with an addictive online tool called the Stereograminator. Now a Toronto-based photography studio and graphic design shop has done the same with a series of found images of World War I, resulting i
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These Are the Best GIFs on the Internet Right Now
Do you lie awake at night, sweating bullets, crippled by an unshakable insecurity, a sinister hunch crowding your mind, a sour soupçon that perhaps you are not viewing the "right" GIFs on the internet? Fear not.
Opinion
Shoot for the Stars: First GIF Shared in Space
To launch a project that will crowdsource digital media projected into space, it makes sense to start with a GIF, the most beloved manifestation of our current internet noise. Today the first GIF to ever be sent into space started a journey to a distant solar system — which it will reach in 2031.
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twohundredfiftysixcolors Flashes One GIF Too Many
CHICAGO — In the GIF world of twohundredfiftysixcolors, there is no time to process visual imagery; viewers are left with reaction options to each short GIF much like those found on a Buzzfeed post. It’s all <3, LOL, WIN, OMG, CUTE, WTF, UNBELIEVABLE, SCARY, FAIL TRASHY, OLD, EW, <heart break! or wh
Opinion
Turn GIFs into Glitch Art
With the launching of Vine and the increasing ease of shooting portable video, you might be a little tired of the GIF. It’s so short! So looping! There’s no sound! Fortunately, Tim Baker and Chris Shier have come up with a way to freshen up your GIFs — by melting them.
Opinion
See All the GIFs on Wikipedia
Whether or not you think 2012 was the Year of the GIF, the fact stands pretty certain: the Graphic Interchange Format is all around us. One place where this is readily apparent is Wikipedia, where GIFs are used to illustrate everything from mathematical principles to how to correctly write a Japanes
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5 Art Trends in 2012
We hate to discuss art trends because it makes art sound like fashion, but, alas, they're real and they happen. Remember that whole "prop paintings up on objects" trend last year, well, this year I\we spotted a few things we wanted to point out as the year comes to a close.
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Last-Minute Holiday GIF Guide
Have you waited till the last minute to do your holiday shopping for all your arty friends? Not a problem — we have a slew of gifts for you that won't take any time at all to deliver. They're GIFs! Easily giftable and transmitted instantly over email or the social network of your choice, GIFs make t
News
GIF Is Oxford Dictionary's Word of the Year, Duh
If you needed another clue that the Graphics Interchange Format, or GIF, the short, looping digital animation file, has become totally ubiquitous, the Oxford Dictionary has selected the term as its word of the year.