july 4-September 30, 2012 - Museum of the Moving Image

in the TISCH EDUCATION CENTERPretty LoadedONGOINGpresentation by big sPACESHIP, FRIDAY, July 20, 6:00–8:00 p.m.Pretty Loaded, by the digital creative agency BigSpaceship, is composed of nearly 50 “preloaders,”animated graphics that show how much of awebsite has loaded. Originally, preloaders wereutilitarian, employing progress bars, pie charts, ortext, but designers soon started working inside theform’s constraints to create playful, engaging, andeven suspenseful graphics that hinted at what laybeyond the loading screen. These preloaders wereoriginally produced by agencies and independentdesigners for websites primarily promoting films,television shows, and consumer products. Viewedone after another, they create a never-endingcycle, directing attention to the preloader as itsown creative space and to the inventive ways inwhich designers communicate the simple idea ofprogress from 0 to 100 percent.Pretty Loaded installation made possible by Big Spaceship.View an expanded version online at prettyloaded.comImage courtesy of Agency Netin the LOBBywe trippedel hadjidioufJune 15–September 23, 2012Curated by Jason Eppink, Assistant Curator of Digital MediaDVD Dead DropONGOINGOpening reception, THURSDAY, August 16, 6:00–8:00 p.m.For this new commissioned work, artist AramBartholl (Berlin, b. 1972) embeds an inconspicuous,slot-loading DVD burner into the side of theMuseum, made available to the public 24 hours aday. Visitors who insert a blank DVD-R will receivea surprise collection of digital files that may includefound footage, animated GIFs, video games,feature films, or interactive art curated or createdby artists selected by Bartholl. DVD Dead Dropimbues the act of data transfer with a tangibilityleft behind in a world of cloud computing andappstores, using a medium—the digital versatiledisc—that is quickly becoming another artifactof the past.DVD Dead Drop installation made possible by the Harpo Foundation.Photo courtesy of the artistOn February 5, 2011, T. Finn, a member of the comedy websiteSomething Awful, posted a doctored animated GIF of Senegalesesoccer player El Hadji Diouf being clobbered by an invisibleopponent. His challenge to image-editing-savvy members wassimple: visualize what tripped El Hadji Diouf. Over the next severalweeks, more than a hundred remixed animated GIFs poured in.The cumulative result was one of the Web’s most “epic” Photoshopthreads, highlighting the ease of moving-image manipulationand its proliferation as a natural extension of everyday onlinecommunication. The installation We Tripped El Hadji Dioufpresents the most surprising, clever, and imaginative responses.These short videos were not created with commercial intentionsor claims to fine art. Instead, their makers were using widelyavailable image-editing tools to participate in a humorous visualconversation and engage in playful one-upmanship.2223