GIF art
{{short description|Animated digital art using GIF format}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2019}}
File:Ars Longa by Sholim.gif "Ars Longa", 2013]]
GIF art is a form of digital art that first emerged in 1987. The technology for the animated GIF has become increasingly advanced through the years. After 2010, a new generation of artists focused on experimenting with its potential for presenting creativity on the World Wide Web. Mass access to the Internet allowed their GIFs to travel rapidly and virally online, through social platforms such as Tumblr and Giphy, and to be recognized as a new form of art.
History
GIF art has been around since the year 1987, increasingly gaining attention from the audience some years after 2000.{{cite web |last=Chung |first=Becky |date=February 23, 2015 |title=Augmented Reality Brings GIF Art to a Subway Platform Near You |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/augmented-reality-brings-gif-art-to-a-subway-platform/ |access-date= |work=The Creators Project}} one of the earlier implementation of GIF art can be traced back to web design in which they were used as banners, later they were adopted into the greater meme culture as a niche and have now become a staple on the internet through social media most notably from Giphy, Reddit and Tumblr.
= GIF Art in Contemporary art and Modern Exhibitions =
GIF art animations have been exhibited in galleries and festivals around the world.{{cite web |last=Stone |first=Mee-Lai |date=2014-05-23 |title=Quick as a flash: the pioneers of animated art – in gifs |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/may/23/the-pioneers-of-gif-art-everything-all-at-once |access-date= |website=The Guardian}}{{cite web |last=Rajkovic |first=Milos |date=December 2, 2015 |title=GIF ART – Exhibition at Kino klub / Zagreb CRO |url=https://www.behance.net/gallery/31521267/SHOLIM-GIF-ART-EXHIBITION-Kino-klub-Zagreb-CRO |access-date= |website=Behance}}{{cite web |last=Rajkovic |first=Milos |date=April 29, 2015 |title=RISHA PROJECT {{sic|EXIB|ITION|nolink=y}} - KM8 Gallery / Belgrade SRB |url=https://www.behance.net/gallery/25705617/-RISHA-PROJECT-EXIBITION-KM8-Gallery-Belgrade |access-date= |website=Behance}}{{cite web |title=GIF IT ! L’exposition qui donne vie au GIF Art |url=http://etapes.com/gif-it-l-exposition-qui-donne-vie-au-gif-art |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706084659/http://etapes.com/gif-it-l-exposition-qui-donne-vie-au-gif-art |archive-date=July 6, 2015 |access-date= |website=étapes |language=fr}} Some works are exhibited in the form of physical, lenticular printed images. Contemporary art galleries{{Cite web |title=The Vault (November – January, 2015) |url=https://www.spacescle.org/exhibitions/2014/11/14/the-vault-november--january-2015 |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=www.spacescle.org |language=en}} and institutions like the Museum of the Moving Image (New York City) are popular among many young artists.{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Paul |date=2012-05-14 |title=When GIFs become art: a trip to the Museum of the Moving Image |url=https://www.theverge.com/2012/5/14/3019468/GIF-exhibit-We-Tripped-El-Hadji-Diouf-museum-of-the-moving-image |access-date= |website=The Verge}}{{cite web |date=2015-01-09 |title=Special Screenings: First Look GIFs |url=http://www.movingimage.us/films/2015/01/09/detail/first-look-gifs-2/ |access-date= |website=Museum of the Moving Image New York}}