Chinatown Sunset, 2013, All Rights Reserved by Fong Qi Wei
This is a follow up to my previous series Time is a Dimension (TIAD). In TIAD, I spliced different time slices into a single print. That was to work within the nature of a physical print. However, in this set of manipulations, I present a medium that is neither a print nor a video. In short, I use the GIF format (don’t ask me how it is to be pronounced!) to create a looping animation that shows a single landscape / seascape but with a constant shimmer of … time.
I wonder if an omniscient being experiences something like the sets below? Where all instances are One. And past, present and future are merely terms…
via Fong Qi Wei.
Originally Found from Electric Objects
The video is by Mr Div, who makes amazing gif art.
GIF art is seeping into everything. When I saw the first cinemagraphs I knew they would be a big deal.
For a bigger name, see the Dizzee Rascal video that is totally in the animated gif aesthetic:
via Parker Higgins.
I love the word, I love the definition, and I love this use of an animated gif. This is a perfect thing.