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GIF in 3D
Via rhizome.org
Dec 2012
Calling the animated GIF “one of the internet’s most creative canvases since its availability,” Rhizome looks at a new development—GIFS that transcend their two-dimensional context. Behold: 3D animated GIFs.
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Game Collection
Via moma.org
Nov 2012
“Are video games art? They sure are, but they are also design, and a design approach is what we chose for this new foray into this universe,” writes architecture/design curator Paola Antonelli on MoMA’s acquisition of 14 games, including Pac-Man and Tetris.
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New Current
Via thecurrent.org
Nov 2012
The Current, MPR’s rock station and a frequent Walker media partner, launches a new website Thursday, designed by former Walker new media designer Justin Heideman. Now in beta, the site has a responsive design, new HTML5 audio player, and more.
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GIFability
Via rhizome.org
Nov 2012
Rhizome analyzes the importance of “GIFability” of various media, and looks at how GIFs recontextualize and help circulate the original media. This GIFability is important, “because in a sense, no work has been completed until it has been GIFed.”
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Digital Damage
Via hyperallergic.com
Nov 2012
Artworks and paper archives weren’t all that was damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Eyebeam, a media non-profit, experienced damage to supposedly stable DVDS, hard-drives, and tapes. Now Eyebeam is contemplating what this means for the future of digital preservation.
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Word of the Year
Via time.com
Nov 2012
Passing over runners-up “super PAC” and “superstorm,” Oxford Dictionaries’ word of 2012 is “GIF.” The web file format used for creating simple animations turns 25 this year, “but like so many other relics of the 80s, it has never been trendier.”
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Demetricating Facebook
Via creativeapplications.net
Nov 2012
For his new project, Ben Grosser “demetricates” Facebook. His open-source app removes quantity indicators—the number of likes, comments, and notifications—as a way of making browsing more neutral and less influenced by other people’s interests.
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Loss Prevention
Via artinfo.com
Nov 2012
Following the destruction of countless artworks by Hurricane Sandy, Tyler Green discusses such lost works and the importance of digitally preserving art pieces in the future. “It could be something as simple and as low-cost as a crowd-sourced wiki.”
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Visualizing Sandy
Via artinfo.com
Oct 2012
It’s been around for a few months, but as Hurricane Sandy hits the East Coast, we’re seeing an uptick in online mentions of Wind Map by artists Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg. The web-based work shows a mesmerizing real-time view of US wind patterns.