Everyone loves GIFs, those often-funny, always mesmerizing looped bits of video art. They are accessible, often offer biting commentary on a host of topics, and are easy to send, receive, and view. Now, Singapore is planning to organize an art festival completely devoted to GIFs, and you only have to wait until October to see it at the art destination of Gillman Barracks.
Organizers of the GIF Festival have already sent out an open call for all artists interested in making GIFs to be on display during the event. The GIFs themselves will be presented in a number of different ways, including oversized projects and immersive exhibit opportunities. Organizers said they are particularly interested in getting younger generations of digital artists involved in the show. This event will be the perfect bridge between digitally minded young people and artistically focused older generations.
Organizers also hope to bring greater visibility to art that is based in the digital, multimedia, and modern world. It is easy to visit an art museum to see paintings hung on the walls in fancy frames. But it is more difficult to recognize that art comes in many forms and fashions. Even the labels on food can be classified as art if approached from the right direction. GIFs are new media art, and it is important to explore how to showcase this kind of art to different audiences. It helps, too, that GIFs are so entertaining. Organizing a platform and place to see them is a sure way to get an engaged audience who will enjoy themselves immensely at the festival.
This festival also comes at a timely moment. GIFs themselves are turning thirty this year. This year, people on all social media and texting apps can easily access them to send to their friends and post to their accounts thanks to searchable databases. There is truly no time like the present for artists of all ages to expand their portfolios by participating in this GIF Festival. Artists can make the GIFs as meaningful or hilarious as they like. They have the chance to learn new skills about sequential design, which is what GIFs rely on to exist, as well as software skills they can carry with them for the rest of their artistic careers.
Art can be found in the most unexpected of places. You can find it in galleries and on museum walls, sure, but you can also find it in books, on signs, in the shape of your smartphone, and many more places. Continue finding all the ways art shapes your life by visiting SGArtClass.com. At SGArtClass.com, you can browse informational art articles, shop discounted art supplies, and choose which of dozens of art classes you would like to enroll in. Whether you’re interested in digital art, modern art, assemblage art, or more, you can easily connect with an expert instructor and start your art journey today.
To read more about the upcoming GIF art festival, go to http://www.todayonline.com/entertainment/first-gif-festival-singapore-take-place-october.