The digital era is being embraced by the art world, and now YouTube users have the chance to have their work featured among the likes of Warhol, van Gogh and Picasso at one of the world’s most renowned art establishments, the Guggenheim Museum. While the curatorial process can take years to result in Guggenheim exposure, winners of YouTube Play’s contest will be displayed at the Guggenheim in October this year. We’d love to have your readership submit their work!
Guggenheim and YouTube Play’s partnership was developed to uncover the “most creative video content in the world.” The Guggenheim will select a shortlist of submissions to be evaluated by an international jury of experts and celebrities from the worlds of art, design, film and video, with the final 20 videos on display at the Museum.
There are less than 48 hours left for your readership to submit their creative digital videos for the YouTube Play Biennial, as the deadline for submissions is July 31, 2010.
To date more than 8,600 videos from 69 countries have been submitted by artists who aspire to have their work displayed alongside Picasso and van Gogh as part of YouTube Play, a biennial of creative video.
For more information about the project and submission parameters, you can visit youtube.com/play. We also have additional materials available, if you would like extra visual content.
Last week, YouTube and the Guggenheim unveiled a jury of international, celebrated figures from the worlds of art, design, film and music that will select the 20 videos showcased in Guggenheim museums. Jurors include artist Laurie Anderson; musical group Animal Collective; visual artists Douglas Gordon, Ryan McGinley, Marilyn Minter and Takashi Murakami; artists and filmmakers Shirin Neshat, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Darren Aronofsky; and graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister, and Guggenheim Chief Curator and Deputy Director Nancy Spector serving as jury chairperson.
This unprecedented project has drawn some remarkable talent, and we’re looking forward to seeing Miami Art Exchange readers’ submissions in our quest to find the most creative videos in the world.