Reference: AN Blog . Courtesy of images: INSA

The Flamengo landfill in Rio de Janeiro was recently host the world’s largest urban art GIF. Created by anonymous artist INSA, the mural underwent minor changes recorded by the satellite 430 miles above the earth.

Sponsored by Scotch whiskey brand Ballantine, the painting – 619,000-square-feet of yellow and pink hearts – was produced by a 20-person team over the course of four days. With each new picture, the team altered the illustration so that by the end of the process the recorded images created an animated GIF (as seen above).

Click here to view the embedded video.

Despite the enormous efforts and resources, the work has the disadvantage that it can only be seen only online, due to its size and its slow production process.

INSA is known for their GIFs – or “GIF-ITIs,” as they call it – created from their graffiti. They even inspired an iPhone application that turns static graffiti into animated art.

Here are some of the other works of INSA:

Reference: AN Blog . Courtesy of images: INSA

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