Upcoming Event: GIF Collider at Berkeley Art Museum

--------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Event: Join Us at GIF Collider 1.0 exhibit For three days, from Wednesday, October 26 to Friday, October 28, from dawn to dusk, BAMPFA invites you to ponder these questions as thousands of GIF animations emerge and collide on the huge public outdoor screen in a ballet of memory and erasure. Call it an outstallation, and it’s free for those walking near the intersection of Addison Avenue and Oxford Avenue in Berkeley. The GIFS will be presented in several chapters, playing for 30 minutes of every hour. A special showcase with music made for the GIF Collider by Paz Lenchantin (Pixies) and with live music performances by Trevor Bajus and Space Town is planned for Friday, Oct 28, from 6-8pm, weather permitting. [Gif Collider 1.0] Have you ever wondered what happened to all the GIF animations that sparkled in the dawn of the internet? According to artists Greg Niemeyer and Olya Dubatova, they have become part of the digital subconscious, and the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) is presenting what that subconscious might look like, in an exhibit called GIF Collider. Niemeyer studied both the Internet Archive’s collections of GIF animations and the Prelinger Film Archives from the 1950’s. He noticed how the film archives, which include ads, educational films and propaganda, show a heavy gender and racial bias. In comparison, the GIF animations from forty years later reflect less gender and racial bias—but we can’t help but wonder with more historical distance, what kinds of bias will become apparent in the future? What: GIF Collider 1.0 A showcase at the Berkeley Art Museum When: Wednesday, October 26 to Friday, October 28 Where: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive 2155 Center Street Berkeley, CA 94704 This event is free and open to the public.   [Support the Internet Archive] [Facebook]  [Twitter]  [Mail] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the Internet Archive newsletter Internet Archive, 300 Funston St. San Francisco, CA [unsubscribe from this list] [RelevantBlue Privacy Policy]