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Fakewhale Cross X Tezos Posse

8 - 9 November 2022

The first volume of Tezos Posse on Nifty Gateway with a legendary drop from 6 artists.

A.L Crego, Le Chat Noir, Esra Eslen, WOC, Chepertom, Bahrull Marta.

"I Will Just Never Come Home"

"Turmoil"

Physical exhibition at Valuart Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland. 8 - 9 November 2022.

video courtesy: Valuart Gallery

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Lumen

Visual Massage 184/300, H3lix.

3 August 2021.

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Category is: The Art of GIF

Welcome to November’s Artist Picks series! This month, we’ve invited @catswilleatyou to share posts surrounding the theme, “The Art of GIF.”

Here is what they have to say about it below!

What does “The Art of GIF” mean to you?

The GIF is an art form that was born on the web. Videos existed in other places; paintings, photos existed in other places. GIFs just didn’t exist anywhere until the internet came along. Many artists were thrilled to be at the moment in art history when this medium was born. Even though the compression techniques are outdated and the functionality has been surpassed by other formats, the perfect infinite loop of the GIF has yet to be achieved by another file format. MP4s still have a hiccup when they start over. While GIFs are widely used for quick jokes and communication, many artists still believe there is more depth to this medium. I believe that as digital art continues to gain acceptance as a high art form, GIFs will eventually be realized as a cornerstone to it. To me, the art of GIF is about working within limitations and birthing something infinite.

Why did you pick these particular posts?

A few years ago I started creating GIFs that are Phenakistiscopes. I couldn’t find any resources on how to make Phenakistiscopes, but I found lots of tons of centuries old Phenakistiscopes that were making amazing GIFs. I sort of backwards engineered my own method of making them and I continue to explore this medium with GIFs. There’s a lot to be learned by limiting yourself to a small number of frames. I keep thinking I’m done making these but every time I work on one, I learn a new animation trick.

(Below are specific mentions of the artists @catswilleatyou chose posts from.)

@volvulent is a mysterious artist to me. I know nothing about their personal life. I’ve never been able to find them on other social media platforms. I feel so fortunate to have stumbled on their work many years ago. They are a complete master of organic form and hand drawn infinite loops. You can follow some of the shapes on these drawings for several seconds, and then when you go back and study the art closely, you discover that the whole looping sequence is only fraction of a second long.

@katecursed uses old and outdated technology in ways I’ll never understand. Tons of analog CRT TVs, oscilloscopes, old video games, and synths. I love it. She grew up around this stuff and is extremely knowledgeable. Her GIFs are timeless.

@alcrego is an absolute workhorse and in my opinion, a historically important GIF artist. He has an instantly recognizable voice using almost entirely black and white. I think he would even go so far as to say he only uses light. The minimalism is always deceptive—there is so much depth to his exploration of GIF as an artistic medium.

I’ve also chosen some very “classic” looking @kidmograph GIFs. I credit kidmograph with bringing the retro/video game style back into fashion about a decade ago. When he started posting this stuff, I hadn’t seen anything like it. Shortly after (and still to this day), there was a huge movement of artists that co-opted this approach. I wanted to include their work here because when you see this look, I want you to know where the echo started. I also want to say that this is just one of many tricks kidmograph has. They explore a wide range of styles and approaches, and they are continually evolving.

@mrdiv always had such a knack for color, compositing, and simplicity. When I was first learning 3D, they were a great artist for me to study because I saw how much emotion and reaction they can get with using very very little. I love the minimalism of their work.

I love how @maxcapacity incorporates vintage equipment in his process to create such wild psychedelic GIFs. They’re always pretty saturated with lovely colors. For me, there’s a heavy hitting moment with this work where I’m watching my childhood get spit back to me in perhaps a more truthful version than I even recall it. It’s hard to explain but the nostalgia lures me in, and then I’m cut with a darkness by them. There’s also some humor sprinkled in.

@zbags’s work is instantly recognizable with the way they use creepy lively eyeballs behind faces. Collin’s work is disturbing and fun. There’s always an added bonus in reading his wild descriptions and titles. When there was a file size limit to GIFs being posted on Tumblr, I was always impressed by their ability to get a very long and detailed animation into a small file. I think he’s doing lots of frame rate tricks I still don’t think I’ve ever figured it out.

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Hey All ~~

So many new people are here and coming in more and more each hour. I'm so stoked to see new and old faces. I'm still reeling and over the moon at the fact we got Twitter to multigif. TY everyone!!! Me and @maxcapacity started this Tumblr journey with no set agenda in mind besides to rejuvenate the crypto artist community and provide a support network. Quickly @tengushee @alcrego @ajcolores who were here doing the work hopped on bored and helped guide me through this last not even a week! If you are not following these people, you should be. This main blog of mine will continue to be a conduit for people to find each other via who I am following and who I reblog but as this grows I am not a definitive list of artists being active here. I hope to just continue to raise the awareness and facilitate connection. I will be writing out my thoughts about art in general, crypto art, the art market, my art, and just what's going on with me here along with any major news for community updates. Also loads of stupid shit too still haha.

I want to say though ~ we each are a leader here and please don't hesitate to take ownership and push for things you think should happen.

Big shout out to @jgray who uploaded the spaces @therealwondermundo hosted talking about all of this and some of the ethos and culture we are trying to build and sustain here. I highly recommend listening.

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