Digital Art Critiques: GIFs, Video Games, and Online Exhibitions
A pop-up exhibition pits Baidu against Google, highlighting corporate rivalries in digital art spaces. At the Museum of the Moving Image, "The Reaction GIF: Moving Image as Gesture" explores animated images as communicative gestures. Pratt Institute’s Digital Arts program instructors showcase artist-made video games in an exhibition, emphasizing educational and creative intersections. Dump.fm revives the Surrealist exquisite corpse tradition through digital collaboration. The Biennial for Creative Video prioritizes projection technology displays over content. A new website receives criticism despite featuring programs that surpass Bravo’s "Work of Art." Francis V. Connor, Ph.D., presents "The Mural in America" at muralinamerica.com, focusing on mural art history.
Key facts
- A pop-up exhibition compares Baidu and Google.
- "The Reaction GIF: Moving Image as Gesture" is at the Museum of the Moving Image.
- Pratt Institute’s Digital Arts program instructors exhibit artist-made video games.
- Dump.fm digitally replicates the Surrealist exquisite corpse.
- The Biennial for Creative Video emphasizes projection technology.
- A new website is criticized, though its programs exceed Bravo’s "Work of Art."
- Francis V. Connor, Ph.D., authors "The Mural in America" at muralinamerica.com.
- Artcritical publishes critiques on digital and cyber art projects.
Entities
Artists
- Francis V. Connor
Institutions
- Baidu
- Museum of the Moving Image
- Pratt Institute
- Digital Arts program
- Dump.fm
- Biennial for Creative Video
- Bravo
- muralinamerica.com
- artcritical