GIF Art Competition: 'A Kiss on the Mouth' Opens for Entries

A new contemporary art competition dedicated to animated GIFs has been launched by Fondazione Caffeina in collaboration with Associazione Culturale Alta Marea and the Algoritmo Festival of Contemporary Art. The contest invites artists of all ages and origins to submit original animated GIFs on the theme "Un bacio in bocca. Tutte le sfumature della passione" (A Kiss on the Mouth: All the Shades of Passion). The deadline for submissions is May 31, 2016. The three winning GIFs, along with selected honorable mentions, will be exhibited at the Algoritmo Festival in Civita di Bagnoregio in September, at Palazzo Collicola in Spoleto, and at the SetUp art fair in Bologna. Additionally, all works will be displayed throughout the Caffeina Festival 2016, held from June 24 to July 3 in the San Pellegrino district of Viterbo. The jury is chaired by Gianluca Marziani, curator and director of Museo Collicola, and includes Simona Gavioli, curator and president of SetUp; Valentina Tanni, independent curator and Artribune editor; Barbara Martusciello, curator; and Serena Achilli, artistic director of Algoritmo Festival. The competition highlights the growing recognition of GIFs as an artistic medium, moving beyond social media and micro-cinema into galleries and museums.