HW6.3.1 Animation Artist Research: Lorna Mills

Lorna Mills is a curator and artist who creates Gifs.  She credits the rise of social media as one of the reasons for the popularity of Gifs and has used the communal nature of social media in her art practices.  She is one of the co-creators of the project, Sheros, which was one of the first programs to focus on Gifs in 2011.  Sheros was a series of monthly parties where artists would present Gifs created to honor specific female icons such as Dolly Parton and Yoko Ono.  The event grew in popularity and emphasized the possibilities of Gifs.  One of the benefits of creating Gifs for offline presentation, is that file sizes can be much larger and artists can have much more room for creativity and elaborateness.

Lorna Mills Gifs Exhibition

Sources:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/will-galleries-and-museums-ever-embrace-animated-gif-art-9650
http://www.digitalmediatree.com/sallymckay/LornaMillsImageDump/