GIF IT UP
GIF IT UP is an annual competition which challenges people to reuse digitised cultural heritage material to produce unique gifs and share them online.
In close collaboration with the Digital Public Library of America, Trove and DigitalNZ, since 2013 Europeana has organised GIF IT UP, an annual competition which challenges people to reuse digitised cultural heritage material to produce unique gifs and share them online. The competition now has further partners from around the world including Japan Search, Art Institute of Chicago, DAG Museums, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo'
Participants use the openly licensed paintings, photography and texts digitised in Europeana and the digital libraries of our collaborators to create, submit, and share striking new GIFs. The competition encourages people to explore and remix cultural heritage material while also helping audiences to learn about image licensing in an interactive and fun way.
GIF IT UP is supported by GIPHY, the world's largest library of animated GIFs. GIFs created through the competition are featured on the site, helping bring the collections they are based on to even wider audiences.
Explore previous editions of the competition below and check back on this page for updates on the next round!
Workshops
- Title:
- GIF IT UP collage, Europeana
- Copyright:
- CC BY-SA
GIF-making workshop
Interested in participating in GIF IT UP 2022, but not sure how to create a GIF? Watch this presentation from Europeana.
- Title:
- Indoor gymnastics exercises
- Institution:
- Biblioteca Județeană Octavian Goga Cluj
- Country:
- Romania
- Copyright:
- CC BY-SA
Sporting heritage: a GIF-making workshop
This online GIF-making workshop shares how to animate cultural heritage collections relating to sport and offers a masterclass with animator Nick J Cave.
- Title:
- Flowers from Normandy
- Date:
- 1887
- Institution:
- Rijksmuseum
- Country:
- Netherlands
- Copyright:
- Public Domain
Our Culture is our Gif(T)
This short webinar offers an overview around the tools that can be used to create memes, gifs, or even board games that students might find of interest, and how to embed these tools in a project.
Previous editions
- Title:
- Image from page 18 of Fairy Mary's Dream. By A. F. L. With illustrations by the Author
- Date:
- 1870
- Institution:
- The British Library
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Copyright:
- Public Domain
Discover the highlights of GIF IT UP 2022
GIF IT UP is Europeana’s annual creative contest celebrating remixing of cultural heritage. With the winners recently announced, discover how this year’s competition encouraged participants to reuse and remix cultural heritage.
- Title:
- Vill Vallareman (a Fairy Shepherd)
- Creator:
- John Bauer
- Date:
- 1910
- Institution:
- Nationalmuseum
- Country:
- Sweden
- Copyright:
- Public Domain
Get involved in GIF IT UP and promote your collections in new ways
GIF IT UP 2022 is Europeana’s annual GIF making competition which challenges people throughout Europe to get creative with cultural heritage. It’s a great opportunity for institutions to share and promote their collections - read on to find out how!
Exploring the highlights of GIF IT UP 2021
Every autumn, GIF IT UP brings together creatives, culture lovers and GIF enthusiasts to explore and remix openly licensed cultural heritage collections and create brand new animated artworks. With the winners recently announced, we take a look at the highlights of this year’s edition of GIF IT UP.
Looking back on GIF IT UP 2020
Our annual GIF-making contest has now been running for seven years, with its profile and audience participation growing each year. The 2020 edition was no exception, and in this post, we take a look at the achievements of this year’s competition.
- Title:
- Jenny Lind
- Creator:
- Louis Asher
- Date:
- 1845
- Institution:
- Nationalmuseum
- Country:
- Sweden
- Copyright:
- Public Domain
Why should you open up your digital collections for reuse - explained in GIFs
As GIF IT UP 2020 comes to a close, we have been delighted by the creativity of the entries, which demonstrate the wonderful ways that openly licensed content can be used and shared by audiences around the world. In this post, we let the GIFs answer the question: why open up digital collections for reuse?
GIF IT UP - inspiring students to engage with digital cultural heritage
For GIF IT UP 2020, Cristina Roiu talks to teenager Anamaria Şune about her experience of making GIFs and how the competition inspires educational engagement with digital cultural heritage.
GIF IT UP returns for its sixth year to fill the internet with cultural heritage
From 1 - 31 October 2019, GIF-makers, cultural heritage enthusiasts and fans of all things digital can take part in the sixth annual GIF IT UP competition.
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GIF IT UP 2018 - your favourite GIF-making competition is back for its fifth year
Aleksandra Strzelichowska takes a look at the reaction to GIF IT UP 2018 on Twitter, tells us why it's important to check the rights statements before you submit and introduces this year's special prize for GIFs made using World War One material.
Remix public domain artworks with GIF IT UP 2017
From 1-31 October, all GIF-makers, history nuts, cultural heritage enthusiasts and lovers of the internet are invited to take part in the fourth annual GIF IT UP competition.