Guggenheim To Showcase YouTube Videos 66
dward90 writes "The Guggenheim Museum in New York has begun a program to submit YouTube videos to be declared High Art. From PCW: 'Are your YouTube videos so good they deserve to be in a museum? Thanks to a partnership between Google and the Guggenheim Museum in New York you stand, at least, a remote chance. The search giant and one of the most famed museums in the world for modern and contemporary art are collaborating on a new project called YouTube Play: A Biennial of Creative Video. The project will showcase up to 20 video works submitted to YouTube at the Guggenheim in New York on October 21, and online at YouTube.com/Play.'"
Of course Youtube videos can be high art (Score:5, Insightful)
Our society has already accepted that video is a legitimate form of artistic expression, and there are movies that are considered high art. Youtube is just a distribution medium, so if video can be high art so can Youtube video.
It's about time (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Of course Youtube videos can be high art (Score:3, Insightful)
Absolutely. The "can x be art?" angle these sorts of stories pull is inane. "Yes" is the answer.
Re:Why Youtube? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Desperately trying to stay relevant (Score:3, Insightful)