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GIF of the Day: Time_Frame

by Paddy Johnson on June 1, 2017

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Faith Holland

In honor of the GIF’s 30th anniversary, GIPHY is launching a physical show featuring the work of 30 GIF artists called Time_Frame. 151 artworks and installations from well-known artists such as Lorna Mills, Faith Holland, Carla Gannis, Jelly Gummies, and Robert Beatty will be on view at Wallplay Gallery June 15–22.

As far as exhibitions go, a week is a pretty short time frame. But it looks like there will be as more panel panels, presentations, screenings, artist performances, and workshops during that time than you can shake a stick at, so that’s a positive. We have some concerns about the theme, though, as there’s barely one to speak of. The exhibition text promises to “showcase artists working in and pushing the boundaries of digital art”—so basically it’s a group of artists whose work the curators like.

To be fair, though, the artist list probably isn’t that different than one we’d assemble ourselves. It includes some of the most talented artists working in the field, and has been assembled by GIPHY Arts, Wallplay, Rhizome and Transfer”.

So, even without a theme, we’re excited to look at the show. A few samples of what’s in store below.

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Anthony Antonellis

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Carla Gannis

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Lorna Mills

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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Winter is Coming

by Michael Anthony Farley on March 13, 2017

The week is of course dominated by two news items: The Whitney Biennial and The Wintery Downfall.

After the blizzard, Wednesday is a great opportunity to get yourself in the snowy mood, art-wise. Enjoy doses of culture from freezing, windswept regions, including Marsden Hartley’s Maine at The Met Breuer (if you’re missing the Whitney’s old digs) and Berlin-based Danish/Norwegian duo Elmgreen & Dragset in conversation with Dan Cameron at The Flag Art Foundation. Later, catch the Icelandic thriller Hevn at Scandinavia House’s New Nordic Cinema screening series.

Other highlights include Fort Gansevoort’s female-perspective sports show March Madness Thursday night and TRANSFER’s four year birthday party, which will feature affordable editions from some of our favorite digital artists.

Oh yeah, and make time to check out the Biennial. I’m told it’s good, but “traumatic”. An appropriately bleak show to match our physical and political climate?

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Wednesday Links: No One Likes Your Blood Art or Thinks Soylent Is Cool Anymore

by Michael Anthony Farley and Corinna Kirsch on August 17, 2016

“My Little Edward Scissorhands” by Jvermillionaire

Robot taxis? Ford Motor Company announces plans to unveil a driverless vehicle for use in commercial ride-sharing by the year 2021. No plans yet as to whether the company plans to partner with Uber, Lyft, or any other commercial ride-sharing services yet. So what will happen when taxi drivers go the way of the dinosaur? Taxi drivers who fear losing their job to robot cars were not interviewed for this article. [Reuters]
Speaking of cold-blooded creatures: Aborigines “look like dinosaurs,” according to Marina Abramović. “They are really strange and different,” she wrote in her diaries in the 1970s, “and they should be treated as living treasures.” O_o [Hyperallergic]
And then, this morning comes the news that that line about dinosaurs will be removed from an upcoming publication of Marina Abramović’s memoirs. Delete doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. [The Guardian]
Art dorks rejoice because you can now hike up your pants and show off your love of Edouard Manet’s “Luncheon on the Grass” with a pair of socks. Also available: Mona Lisa, Nefertiti [Google Ghost Press]
CIA releases hundreds of declassified papers on UFOs. Also incredible: the CIA gives tips on how anyone can investigate flying saucers. [Open Culture]
Anthony Antonellis’s new series for Electric Objects speeds up the slow process of “wear and tear” on tech, by burning, breaking, and busting open iPhones, desktop monitors, and printer cartridges. [Electric Objects]
David Mermelstein argues that the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s At Home With Monsters—a show that sprinkles the museum’s collection amongst that of horror director Guillermo del Toro—is kitsch masquerading as art. I haven’t seen the show, but I hate that stance, even though the show does sound kind of terrible. [The Wall Street Journal]
Clayton Chowaniec’s net game That Pokeyman Thing allows users to play as an old person struggling to understand what the hell Pokémon Go is. It’s hilarious, and weirdly fun. [Kill Screen]
Johnny Depp apparently made paintings with his own blood to get over a divorce. To demonstrate that this is gimmicky instead of shocking, Dan Duray outlines a short history of artists using blood as a medium, from the seminal to the schlocky. It’s a funny, quick read. (Yes, the Edward Scissorhands My Little Pony nods to Johnny Depp.) [The Guardian]
Feel the wrath of the surveillance society, where corporations know more about you than your boyfriend does, with this fake name generator. Sure! Sounds like fun. No it’s not. It’s terrifying: it generates social security card numbers, passwords, usernames, addresses, and credit card numbers. [Fake Name Generator]
Johnny Cash’s Tennessee ranch, replete with general store and music venue has been reopened as the Storytellers Museum outside of Nashville. Only a 14-hour drive, for those of us in the northeast! [artnet News]
The federal agency of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is being lambasted for efforts to desegregate affordable housing. The HUD proposal would de-concentrate vouchers in low-income neighborhoods and encourage more Section 8 recipients to move to wealthier areas. The problem, according to NYC officials and advocates, is that there’s simply not enough vacant rental housing stock in the city’s wealthier neighborhoods. Maybe the sudden influx of federal subsidies for low-income renters could be used as an incentive to build more? [Curbed]
Move over Soylent, there’s a new performance-enhancing non-food in town. Nootropics, which have been popular for some time, are now making their way into a more public eye through the help of several startups selling pre-mixed “artisanal brain boosters.” [The Baffler]

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6 Recommendations for Storing File-Based Artworks

by Anthony Antonellis on June 6, 2016

Editor’s Note: last month, we launched AFC Workshops: 21st Century Survival for Artists, a two-part series of courses led by artists, educators and art-world insiders designed to give artists the tools to get ahead. Due to the positive response to our May 21 workshops, we decided to run on the blog a series authored by the facilitators summarizing their course’s key takeaways. (If you’re interested, there are a few spots still available for our upcoming June 18 workshops.)

Next up, Anthony Antonellis, who led our “Best Practices: Digital Art Storage” course. Anthony is an artist based on the internet, whose practice involves various forms of net art and curating exhibitions in alternative spaces, such as the 1-kilobyte chip implanted in his hand. He lectures at SUNY Purchase College and is the creator of netartnet.net, an online-gallery listing and directory.

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Sign Up for the AFC Workshops Today!

by The AFC Staff on May 4, 2016

From URL to IRL, how does an artist stake out their territory in the 21st Century? By teaming up with peer-run initiatives outside the scope of traditional institutions to skillshare and collaborate. Enter, the Art F City Workshops, a series of courses led by artists, educators and art-world insiders designed to give artists the tools they need to get ahead. From learning how to make an online exhibition to figuring out a digital archiving plan for your artworks, these workshops will not only give attendees the skills they need to work in more digital mediums but help them to manage their art online and off.

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GIF of the Day: “David Bowie IS”

by Paddy Johnson on January 12, 2016

Eva Papamargariti

One day of mourning David Bowie is not enough. His music and performances are too important to let him go. As such, I’ve downloaded as many GIFs as possible from the animated GIF show Lorna Mills curated for the Art Gallery of Ontario’s 2013 “David Bowie is” exhibition . The exhibition included over 15 artists from countries all around the world.(Rea McNamara discussed her GIFs for the show yesterday.) Some of the GIFs, now, look oddly prescient.

Sadly, we never reviewed the GIF show—it was up for one night only—but we did get to see the traveling exhibition. We weren’t happy with it.

“David Bowie is,” GIF Installation: Alex McLeod, Claudia Maté, Lorna Mills, Rea McNamara w/Isabella Brathwaite, Georges Jacotey, Dafna Ganani, Gaby Cepeda, Anthony Antonellis, Sarah Weis, Yoshi Sodeoka, Andrew Benson, Rodell Warner, Luc Hyo Myoung Kim, Mattie Hillock, Max Capacity, Eva Papamargariti, Sep 25 – Nov 27, Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada

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Andrew Benson

Sarah Weis

Lorna Mills

Gaby Cepeda

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Nestlé Claims Trademark Infringement Against Artist Anthony Antonellis

by Corinna Kirsch on January 13, 2015

Is it possible to confuse a Poland Spring bottle of water with a $300.00 Poland Spring bottle of water stuffed with a Chinese knockoff wristband? Nestlé is hedging its bets on a current trademark infringement claim against artist Anthony Antonellis, claiming that average consumers can’t tell the difference between their bottled water and his, largely because his work belongs on a website URL formerly owned by the conglomerate.

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GIFs That Made Our Year

by Paddy Johnson and Whitney Kimball on January 2, 2015

At this point, 2014 is still a wash; trending words included “asphyxiation” and “misogyny”, but the most-typed phrase was an emoji heart. Naturally, we turn to GIFs. Here are the year’s “GIF of the Day” highlights, in creative standouts, minor cultural milestones, and mostly, things we couldn’t stop thinking about because they were so weird.

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