Comment on When GIFs Rule the Living Room

If you could cut out a colorful rectangle out of the Internet and hang it on your wall, what would it look like? That’s the question raised by Electric Objects, a high-definition, web-connected screen that was designed to bring digital art into people’s homes for display. It’s also a question that challenges the way people have long thought about art in the home, which is still largely limited to static images and standing objects—things like sculptures, paintings or prints, drawings, maps, and photography.