Chicago IL : Hyde Park Art Center : Feb 11 - Feb 24 2008
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Famous on the Internet holds up a magnifying glass to the cutting edge folk art of Internet video. It explores this from several perspectives: the concepts of famous, infamous or popular in the Internet realm; how Internet video relates to home movies, home video and snapshots; and how many Internet videos function as folk or outsider art. The piece will neglect direct critical commentary and reinterpretation and take the works to the viewers by projecting Internet videos onto the Hyde Park Art Center facade. The method of video selection will intersect works selected by the artists with videos found using popular search terms, popular videos for specific terms and “most watched” videos.
Hyde Park Art Center Site
Adam Trowbridge's Website
Jessica Westbrook's Website
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Instructions for Becoming Famous:
If you don't have a YouTube account, get one.
If you have a YouTube account, upload your video.
When your video is uploaded, email the link to famous@tw-co.com with the subject line "Make Me Famous:" then your name or alias.
Other Internet video sources will be considered if you can explain to us how to download the video.
Please do not email video as an attachment, it will be rejected.
You must include the following statement in your email:
By submitting this video I certify that I created this video or own all rights for this video and any music or audio and that I am 18 years of age or older and all persons appearing in this video are 18 years or older. I grant Adam Trowbridge, Jessica Westbrook and the Hyde Park Art Center perpetual, worldwide rights to exhibit this video, in total, edited or as stills, as part of the Famous on the Internet project at the Hyde Park Center in Chicago, Illinois or in future exhibitions of Famous on the Internet as arranged by Adam Trowbridge and/or Jessica Westbrook or in documenting and marketing the exhibition by Trowbridge, Westbrook or the Hyde Park Art Center, in perpetuity.
