OE: twirl ad infinitum by Anna Malina

happy birthday to the most miraculous (moving image) file format 🎔

some great texts on gifs with more links and references: :: https://ihavenothingtosayonlytoshow.com/ :: https://machinemachine.net/portfolio/the-compulsions-of-the-similar-gifs/

(+ my own DE-/CONSTRUCTION OF A .GIF: https://movingimageartists.co.uk/2022/03/25/de-construction-of-a-gif/)

((also, i'm very sad to learn that my favorite text, Tom McGinn's Death ad Infinitum. Towards an Ontology of the Gif (https://issuu.com/tommyboyo/docs/dissertation_) is gone and nowhere to be found))

:: {2026} :: alternative (rejected) version of an animated illustration commissioned for an NYT opinion essay (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/opinion/middle-age-women-invisible.html) :: inkjet prints, paper collage animation~