AS Long As Possible

AS Long As Possible (ASLAP) is a 1000 year long animated GIF loop. It's an art project by Juha van Ingen in collaboration with Janne Särkelä.

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The ASLAP site has been updated with more in-depth information and other details. Welcome to follow the progress of the 1,000-year GIF.

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AS Long As Possible (ASLAP)
Duration 1,000 years.

"Started in Helsinki 28th March 2017 at 12:00:49.154 EEST in ARS17 exhibition in KIASMA.
ASLAP will be kept playing continuously until 3017 in the collection of The National Gallery of Finland."

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Lovely to see long-form GIFs!

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This gif evolves over 1 hour.
A very rare gif...

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On this month in 1987, the GIF was born…

1987: "…a new file format introduced today by CompuServe Inc. The Graphics Interchange Format, or GIF (pronounced 'jif'), allows for the exchange of high resolution graphic images between microcomputers without regard to hardware compatibility."

From Commodore Mag, Oct 1987.

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ASLAP is briefly presented on ARTE's mini documentary on #GIF.

https://t.co/YwKmg8qBa0

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ASLAP reached frame number 240832 on March 28 at around noon. The 1000 year #gif loop was started in @KiasmaMuseum, Helsinki, five years ago.

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The inventor of GIF Stephen Wilhite has passed away.

Thank you Stephen, your memory lives on.

https://t.co/FOUvvps9nz

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Susanna Sääskilahti from the Finnish National Gallery started an archival/docum. project on the technical details of ASLAP for research purposes. Janne Särkelä and Jani Linqvist will document the code and functions of the GIF-file and the 2.0 GIF player for future generations.

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The animation reached frame 123456 on Sunday the 20th of October, at 13.03:05 UTC+3. A cake was summoned to celebrate the occasion. #gif

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ASLAP tested and ready for the event at @finlandeaparis https://t.co/wNEWSW0uEv

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The transportable ASLAP will play in Institut Finlandais in Paris for 1 day (frames 122258 - 122307) on 11th Oct 2019! A discussion will be held 5-6.30pm with an introduction by Alexandre Michaan, freelance media art conservator - about digital art and its preservation strategies

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Metropolis M writes about ASLAP!

https://t.co/ZuLs3o5vQT https://t.co/ZuLs3o5vQT

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Metropolis M reviews ASLAP: https://t.co/ZuLs3o5vQT

The exhibition is on until 16th of December at LIMA, Amsterdam.

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The 1000 year GIF AS Long As Possible in #Amsterdam ! Exhibition on until 12 December at LIMA. Welcome! #gif #art

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ASLAP will be exhibited by LIMA media art platform in Amsterdam from 7 November to 12 December - Frames 77739 to 82371.

https://t.co/zWBAOwNi0w

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ASLAP will be exhibited somewhere in the mainland Europe, before the end of the year. More to come!

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A #GIF player case in construction for an exhibition in November! Stay tuned for more details... #art

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ARS17 at @KiasmaMuseum is now over. During the exhibition ASLAP reached the frame number 38538. Heartfelt Thank You to Kiasma, may ASLAP stay on for 1000 years, and special thanks to the exhibition guests for documenting the journey with us. Stay tuned, it's just starting... #GIF