It’s that time of year when all the artists who inhabit the Internet descend upon Berlin for the art and tech festival Transmediale. We wish we were there for the talks, workshops, screenings—and for Abrupt Diplomat, Lorna Mills’s solo exhibition at the Canadian Embassy. Rosa Menkman is on site, though, and has transcribed parts of the opening night conversation between Mills and Kristoffer Gansing, the artistic director of Transmediale. Mills knows her GIF history, and offers a simple reflection on its recent rise. An excerpt, below:
Kristoffer Gansing: Can you say a bit more about the animated gif and its role in online cultures?
Lorna Mills: Well, first of all, the gif is just a file format. Its a bit absurd to think how the format gif has exploded over the last couple of years. I think it is because of social media and its inherent rules of theft and appropriation. There is no honour on social media as there is no honour in animated gifs (haha)
GIF credit: Lorna Mills, “Untitled,” 2015, one of 12 GIFs in Abrupt Diplomat
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GO LORNA!!!!
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