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VIDEO: the Animated Gif as ART


Great video from Off Book:

GIFs are one of the oldest image formats used on the web. Throughout their history, they have served a huge variety of purposes, from functional to entertainment. Now, 25 years after the first GIF was
created, they are experiencing an explosion of interest and innovation that is pushing them into the terrain of art. In this episode of Off Book, we chart their history, explore the hotbed of GIF creativity on
Tumblr, and talk to two teams of GIF artists who are evolving the form into powerful new visual experiences.


Featuring:

Patrick Davison, MemeFactory,TopherChris, Pamela Reed and Matthew Rader, Reed+Rader
Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg, Cinemagraphs:Story Development: Mike Rugnetta, Internet Culture Researcher, MemeFactory

GIFs by:
The Internet. We wish we could attribute all the GIFs we used, but we aren’t even sure if that would be possible!

But…a special thanks to:
http://www.mr-gif.com
@textfiles
http://dvdp.tumblr.com
http://xcopy.tumblr.com
http:///iwdrm.tumblr.com

pbsarts.tumblr.com/

Music by:

Mindthings: http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/mindthings
Space Frequencies: http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/Space_frequencies
Casanelli: http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/Casanelli
Shamil Elvenheim: http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/shamil/
Kevin Macleod: http://www.incompetech.com

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Tumblr: http://pbsarts.tumblr.com/

Produced by Kornhaber Brown: http://www.kornhaberbrown.com

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