The GIF Turns 30!

June 15, 2017 4:32 pm by GIPHY Arts

GIPHY Arts celebrated the GIF’s 30th birthday online and IRL! We produced Time_Frame, an IRL exhibition of GIF Art, made historyofthegif.com, and had a Twitter Party at #HappyBirthdayGIF! You can read more about Time_Frame here and the rest below! GIPHY Arts collaborated with Computer Lab, Kevin Roark, Celine Katzman, and Michael Worthy to produce historyofthegif.com, an interactive […]

Untitled Reactions (2017)

January 26, 2017 2:52 am by GIPHY Arts

GIPHY Arts commissioned Kentucky-based noise musician and artist, Robert Beatty, to create eight otherworldly GIFs. You can view the series, Untitled Reactions (2017), here and read the full interview on Thump. “All of these gifs that I made for this were taken from video. I was making animation in the computer and then processing that through analog […]

GIFOWEEN

October 26, 2016 3:01 am by GIPHY Arts

GIFOWEEN was a Halloween-themed animation loop contest sponsored by GIPHY Arts and presented by Animation Block Party. Finalists had their submissions screened and honored at a very spooky party at Brooklyn Bazaar on October 26th, 2016 with prizes by GIPHY and Dark Igloo. Finalists were selected in five Categories: Bloodies, Spookiest, Funniest/Cutest, Best Animation, and […]