The uncanny mediality of the photographic GIF

This article examines uncanny mediality in photographic GIFs by interrogating sources of this uncanniness and the logic informing its operation in particular examples. From a phenomenological analysis of an instructive GIF that loops a six-second recording of the artist Prince, the article goes on t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arild Fetveit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam University Press 2018-01-01
Series:NECSUS : European journal of media studies
Online Access:https://necsus-ejms.org/the-uncanny-mediality-of-the-photographic-gif/