Thu Mar 20, 2014 00:01 - Mon Apr 07, 2014

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
United States of America

VIA is excited to announce all artists in the 2014 T.GIF Tournament!

WHO WILL DOMINATE T.GIF 2014?!?

THE ULTIMATE ANIMATED GIF IS DETERMINED BY YOU - THE PUBLIC - CHECK OUT THE BRACKET + CAST YR VOTE EACH DAY @ www.tgif.via-pgh.com STARTING MARCH 20 @ 12:01 AM EST.

T.GIF is a March Madness tourney for original animated gifs.

Net art all_stars and at-large entries by artists from around the world (US, Canada, China, Spain, United Kingdom and more) go up against one another in a battle for ultimate gif supremacy.

T.GIF runs through April 7, mirroring the NCAA men’s basketball schedule.

The winning gif-maker receives $100 credit at Gifpop!.
gifpop.io

T.GIF 2014 | MARCH 20 – APRIL 7
tgif.via-pgh.com
#tgiftourney

RSVP/Comment on FB
https://www.facebook.com/events/241100952740273

ARTISTS/COMPETITORS:

ADAM FERRISS, CLAUDIA MATE, ROLLIN LEONARD, JEREMY BAILEY, SARA LUDY, NICOLAS SASSOON, JACOB CIOCCI, LORNA MILLS, KIM LAUGHTON, LATURBO AVEDON, YOSHI SODEOKA, KIM ASENDORF, BRIANBRIANBRIANBRIAN, ENSO, MITCH POSADA, BADBLUEPRINTS, ANGELO PLESSAS, TOM HANCOCKS, V5MT, ELTONS KUNS, EMILIE GERVAIS, OLE FACH, THEODORE DARST, CARRIE GATES, DADPRANKS, A. BILL MILLER, LAURA BROTHERS, MARK VOMIT, 89-A, CLIFT N ANTHONY, FAITH HOLLAND, ETC GALLERY, RICK SILVA, TERRELL DAVIS, SYSTAIME, ADAM BRAFFMAN, ANNA THOMPSON, ANTONIO KESERDHIEV, ARJUN RAM SRIVASTA, CHRISTOPHE JEUDY, CLICKBECAUSE, DMNC RMX, IBON MAINAR, XXX_F4NTA_F4RT5, JASON CLARKE, JESHAKA, JOHN SWINDELLS, KEITH LAFUENTE, KEVIN CLANCY, LEP0LE, LERMANATOR, LINDA PILGRIM, LORENA PRAIN, MICHRIS PISUCCI, MIRANDA PFEIFFER, PATRICIA, SUNTA FRUNCE, TAYLOR HOLLAND, TONY LUCIANA, VIKTOR TIMOFEEV, THEREISAMAJORPROBLEMINAUSTRALIA

GAME SCHEDULE + RULES:
Round 1 March 20-21
Round 2 March 22-23
Sweet Sixteen March 27-28
Elite Eight March 29-30
Final Four April 5
Championship April 7

- vote for each pairing so all artists have a chance to advance
- only 1 vote per match-up per day – make it count!
- give artist an extra point by sharing on facebook + twitter
- come back + keep voting!

SOME COMPETITORS, AT A GLANCE:


Rollin Leonard (Portland, Maine, US): “crude, systematic studio photography” and compulsive body-scanner whose new work “Wave” (also appearing in T.GIF) was just featured at the Moving Image Art Fair, NYC, and on Animal NY.

Andrew Benson (San Francisco, CA): video artist whose latest tumblr project “Wolf + Unicorn” (also the source of his T.GIF entry) has been called “a pretty horrible love story in gif art” by Animal NY.

Lorna Mills (Toronto, CA): video artist and games programmer who was recently interviewed by Blouin Artinfo on GIF art.

Yoshi Sodeoka (NYC, US): artist and co-founder of Undervolt & Co, a label for experimental visual artists, recently featured on Creators Project.

Claudia Maté (London, UK/Madrid, SP): cloaque.org co-founder and artist whose projects have been featured on Animal NY, Visionaire, Dazed Digital, and Triangulation, among others.

LaTurbo Avedon (www): an artist render whose existence and creative output resides entirely online. Her latest exhibition Sunset at Mt. Gox, a virtual participatory monument to Bitcoin, just opened at webspace.gallery.

Nicolas Sassoon (Vancouver CA/FR): artist whose computer-based works often reference architecture and landscape is currently exhibiting in The New Romantics at Eyebeam NYC and premiered two new works on Creators Project this February.

Alex Bond Enso (Philadelphia, US) tumblr-based work has been exhibited online at ani-gif.com and SuPer Art Modern Museum and was recently featured in the Never Like It Is Now exhibit at Little Berlin.

Carrie Gates (Saskatoon, CA): featured last week on Creators Project for her new collaborative video, Kisik Acimowina. Has exhibited in Young Internet Based Artists (International Biennale, 2013), Neutral Ground Glitch Symposium with Jon Cates, and soon Videéographe in Montreal.

Sara Ludy (Los Angeles, CA) is one of several participating artists in Full Screen, a new exhibit at Xpo Gallery that opened this week. She also currently has work on display at Honor Fraser.

We’re fired up.
#braggingrights
T.GIF = VIA x Matt Sandler

MEDIA CONTACT:
ALLISON COSBY, MEDIA RELATIONS
ALLISON@VIA-PGH.COM

Fri Mar 14, 2014 23:59

T.GIF Tournament Pits Net Artists in March-Madness-Style Bracket Online

CALL FOR ARTISTS: at-large bids now being accepted -- ORIGINAL ARTWORK ONLY-- March 12–14 at http://tgif.via-pgh.com

REQUIREMENTS: your best animated gif made during the March 2013–March 2014 gifcal year. 500x500px - 1000x1000px no larger than 2MB.

WINNER RECEIVES: $100 gif certificate to Gifpop!
http://gifpop.io/

HOSTED BY VIA | ARTIST BRACKET ANNOUNCED MARCH 16 on SELECTION SUNDAY | COMPETITION MARCH 20 - APRIL 7

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Pittsburgh, Pa. — VIA is excited to announce T.GIF, a March Madness animated gif tournament held online from March 20 – April 7 at tgif.via-pgh.com.

This interactive All-Stars bracket randomly pits gifs made by international artists against one another, voted to a win by the public. The schedule and bracket mirror the NCAA men’s basketball schedule.

The winner receives a $100 gif certificate from Gifpop! A NYC-based project of Rachel Binx and Sha Hwang turning animated gifs into custom lenticular prints.

Over 80 net artists have been invited to participate, and public submissions (at-large bids) will be accepted from Wednesday March 12 – Friday March 14. VIA’s guest panel of xtreme gif enthusiasts will select the final 64 competing gifs.

Participating artists will be announced March 16 on Selection Sunday on VIA's website and social media.

MEDIA INQUIRIES:
Allison Cosby, Media Relations
allison@via-pgh.com

T.GIF is a project of VIA in collaboration with artist Matt Sandler.

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Each October, Pittsburgh is home to the VIA Music & New Media Festival, an annual convergence of people who are defining what’s next in music, art, and culture.

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