Youtube Killed the Video Star
Youtube Killed the Video Star
October 17, 2008
This open forum examines the effect that online video has on the creation
and distribution of video art. Has the dream of the ‘democratic medium’ finally
arrived? Is the notion of ‘the screening’ becoming obsolete? With millions of
short videos freely available, what elevates the status of a video into the realm
of ‘art’? Is this good or bad, how are artists and distributers responding, and
what does the future hold?