http://boingboing.net/2012/08/06/profile-of-videogif-artist-ma.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 22:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/06/profile-of-videogif-artist-ma.html#comment-1499624 Theremains Oftheweb Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175000#comment-1499624 I will ven­ture here to say that his ani­mated GIFs are post­mod­ern, com­bin­ing in them glitch art, pixel art, movies and stuff I can­not even start to describe. The fact that he uses the name Max Capac­ity is prob­a­bly not a coin­ci­dence as he has a lot of work to show up for. I can spend hours jump­ing from his Flickr site to his Tum­blr site to his YouTube chan­nel check­ing out his uni­verse of pro­lific cre­ation.  http://www.theremainsoftheweb.com/2012/06/30/animated-gifs-the-birth-of-a-medium-off-book-pbs/ I will ven­ture here to say that his ani­mated GIFs are post­mod­ern, com­bin­ing in them glitch art, pixel art, movies and stuff I can­not even start to describe. The fact that he uses the name Max Capac­ity is prob­a­bly not a coin­ci­dence as he has a lot of work to show up for. I can spend hours jump­ing from his Flickr site to his Tum­blr site to his YouTube chan­nel check­ing out his uni­verse of pro­lific cre­ation. 
http://www.theremainsoftheweb.com/2012/06/30/animated-gifs-the-birth-of-a-medium-off-book-pbs/

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/06/profile-of-videogif-artist-ma.html#comment-1499578 5onthe5 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175000#comment-1499578 Is this New Aesthetic? Is this New Aesthetic?

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/06/profile-of-videogif-artist-ma.html#comment-1499558 Nathan Hornby Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175000#comment-1499558 I found it really hard to tell if he was putting it on or not.  Entertaining either way. I found it really hard to tell if he was putting it on or not.  Entertaining either way.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/06/profile-of-videogif-artist-ma.html#comment-1499534 tvugly Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175000#comment-1499534 This reminds me a lot of those interviews with athletes right after the game. This reminds me a lot of those interviews with athletes right after the game.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/06/profile-of-videogif-artist-ma.html#comment-1499532 Buddy Bradley Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175000#comment-1499532 Entertaining guy. He reminded me of one the characters from Richard Linklater's film <i>Slacker</i>, in a "Where are they now?" kind of way. Entertaining guy. He reminded me of one the characters from Richard Linklater’s film Slacker, in a “Where are they now?” kind of way.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/06/profile-of-videogif-artist-ma.html#comment-1499414 David Pescovitz Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175000#comment-1499414 I'd imagine that the name "Max" and the Ray-Bans aren't coincidental. I’d imagine that the name “Max” and the Ray-Bans aren’t coincidental.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/06/profile-of-videogif-artist-ma.html#comment-1499409 David Aubke Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175000#comment-1499409 "work pushes the grainy VHS cut-ups and early home computer bit constraints of 1980s cyberpunk into the digital realm." Related to Max Headroom? “work pushes the grainy VHS cut-ups and early home computer bit constraints of 1980s cyberpunk into the digital realm.”
Related to Max Headroom?

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