An Open Road, an Endless Drive | GIF Six-Pack

These GIFs will make you yearn for a summer road trip.

by Beckett Mufson

June 3, 2016, 4:35pm

Kidmograph

The open road. Poems and books have tried to describe it, films have been made about getting lost and found again down asphalt tributaries, and countless photographs have frozen these arteries of American in transit. The transient art of GIF-making is ideal for capturing the tranquil thoughtspace between relaxation and anxiety, the eternity of highway streetlamps, and the whip-fast peripheral vision glimpses of the world a driver sees. Works by Kidmograph, Sam Cannon, Alex Kau, and more, dissect the same poetry of the road that inspired the likes of Jack Kerouac, Dennis Hopper, and this guy—one look at these babies is all the motivation you need to begin planning that summer road trip.

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