Project #1: 1840s GIF Party at the Tate

Due: 1/29 posted to your blog with statement.
Submission to Tate Britain: 2/2

For our first project you will begin your international exhibition career. Tate Britain is having an open call for artists to animate classic paintings as GIFs (Graphic Interchange Format) for an upcoming exhibition. You will each be creating a piece for submission to the show.

Here are some examples that have already been submitted: http://tatecollectives.tumblr.com
These are some samples from an artist named Scorpion Dagger: http://scorpiondagger.com

Below is the call with all the information you'll need for submitting your piece:
http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/special-event/1840s-gif-party-call-submissions

Process
First, sign up and create a blog using Blogger. You can select any template you like, but make sure it is legible and easy to navigate. Your URL (Universal Resource Locator) needs to contain your first and last name (nothing stupid or cute). Email your URL to me promptly.

Second, to begin this project you will research paintings located in the 1840s Room of the Tate.
Select a few you enjoy and think of how you can animate them. You will need to create a minimum of three (3) rough storyboards of your planned animation. These can be done any way you choose but make sure to have them scanned and posted to your blog before next class. It is easier to make successful moving image art when you aren't fighting your ideas and the technology. Here are some samples:

Sample #1
Sample #2
Sample #3

These are simply the first three sites after searching "storyboards" on Duck Duck Go. There are exactly one gajillion samples on the internet.

Third, use PhotoShop to create your GIF art. Make sure to post it to your blog along with your artist statement. We will have our first critique 1/29. This will allow you to make any changes before submitting the piece to the exhibition.

Remember what I said about making great art and conceptual elegance. With all the projects in this course, focus on content and composition. The software skill-set will come with time and practice. Also, remember the Google rule and the lab hours. If you are curious about specific functions of any program, type in the name of the function in Google with "_________ tutorial" and you will find the information you need! I'm here to help you succeed so please email me if you have questions.

Reading - Basic Animation Aesthetics by David O'Reilly - Write two critical questions for discussion and post them to your blog for 2/3. Please write intelligent, probing questions that allow for deep discussion...see this link for some helpful advice for creating good discussion questions: http://homepages.wmich.edu/~acareywe/discussion.html