Wednesday, April 03, 2019: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Clarendon (3F)
Workshop: GIF Making for Museums: Reviving Archival Collections through Creative Reuse
- Brigitte Jansen, Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, The Netherlands, Maarten Brinkerink, Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, The Netherlands
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GIF is such an unassuming yet very powerful format spreading virally across social media channels. The raw simplicity of the format invites audiences to make their own GIFs by reappropriating and remixing audiovisual culture. During a hands-on workshop, participants will have an opportunity to discover how GIFs can be revive audiovisual heritage and promote the reusability and openness of archival collections.
Attendees will be introduced to the highly positive impact of open archival collections and will be encouraged to think of novel ways to activate their collections with creative reuse. Through a hands-on GIF making experience, participants will discover how creative reappropriation can unleash the potential of audiovisual heritage.