http://www.artantiquities.net/artantiquities.net/Musing/Musing.html Musing and advice from a 30 year museum-veteran. Where have we been and where are we going? Please share your comments and musing-s no matter if you’ve been in the industry for 1 month or 100 years -- we are in this together. iWeb 3.0.1 http://www.artantiquities.net/artantiquities.net/Musing/Entries/2010/6/22_Guggenheim_and_CyberArt.html 59a54917-61ac-41d3-adc9-cfdc12508a9e Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:26:22 -0700 <a href="http://www.artantiquities.net/artantiquities.net/Musing/Entries/2010/6/22_Guggenheim_and_CyberArt_files/srgm_ph099.jpg"><img src="http://www.artantiquities.net/artantiquities.net/Musing/Media/object000_1.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:355px; height:180px;"/></a>The Guggenheim is taking-on the cyber world of art. <br/>YouTube and other social media sites have given artists an easy medium for exposure. Will the museum's &quot;blessing&quot; help or hinder artists working in cyber art in the future?<br/><br/>-YOUR THOUGHTS?<br/><br/>TUESDAY, 15 JUNE 2010<br/><br/><a href="http://youtubeukblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/youtube-play-searching-with-guggenheim.html">YouTube Play: Searching With The Guggenheim For The World's Most Creative Online Video</a><br/><br/>Do you ever look at a YouTube video and think, &quot;That's a work of art?&quot; Yep, so do we -- and now, so does the Guggenheim.
In five years, YouTube has redefined media culture by changing the way the world creates, distributes and watches video. Online video is exploding not just as a medium, but as an art form, and we're proud of the originality and innovation that YouTube has fostered among our users. Our community has produced some of the most creative and celebrated works on the Internet, videos that have been viewed by millions of people around the world.
We want to celebrate phenomenal video-makers and recognize the creative potential of the medium. So today we're collaborating with the Guggenheim Museum to discover the most creative video in the world, and showcase exceptional talent working in the ever-expanding realm of digital media: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/play">YouTube Play</a>: A Biennial of Creative Video. This global online initiative is presented in collaboration with HP.
We're looking for animation, motion graphics, narrative, non-narrative, or documentary work, music videos and entirely new artforms -- creations that really challenge the world's perceptions of what's possible with video. We want to elevate the debate. This presentation, we hope, will garner some of the finest creative work from every corner of the globe, not only to showcase it on one of the biggest stages online, but also in one of the most iconic artistic venues in the world: the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, and throughout the Guggenheim network of museums in Bilbao, Venice and Berlin.
Participants must submit their videos to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/play">YouTube Play</a> to enter. The deadline for submission is July 31, 2010, after which the Guggenheim will assemble a shortlist to be evaluated by an international jury of experts from the worlds of art, design, film and video. Up to 20 videos will be presented at the Guggenheim Museum in New York on October 21, with simultaneous presentations at the Guggenheim museums in Bilbao, Venice and Berlin. The presentations will also be viewable to on the YouTube Play brand channel at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/play">youtube.com/play</a>.
As we did with the <a href="http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2009/04/youtube-symphony-orchestra-from-idea-to.html">YouTube Symphony Orchestra</a>, we hope to build an aspirational place for some of the world’s best artists to showcase their works and talents. For more information about how to enter, go to youtube.com/play.
Ed Sanders, Senior Marketing Manager, recently watched &quot;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa5NNtFt0TY">YouTube Play.</a>&quot;<br/>Original article found on <a href="http://youtubeukblog.blogspot.com/">http://youtubeukblog.blogspot.com</a>/<br/><br/><br/> http://www.artantiquities.net/artantiquities.net/Musing/Entries/2010/3/2_Why_We_Do_It.html 9f992ce7-6320-48dd-b182-baff7e68f332 Tue, 2 Mar 2010 10:51:52 -0800 <a href="http://www.artantiquities.net/artantiquities.net/Musing/Entries/2010/3/2_Why_We_Do_It_files/MilfordPark.jpg"><img src="http://www.artantiquities.net/artantiquities.net/Musing/Media/object002_1.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:401px; height:200px;"/></a>We go into this field with duel and contradictory goals. Preserve material and experiences of culture(s) and disseminate the information today and in the future.<br/><br/>How we do what we do changes over time. My 30 years with museum management from collections care through exhibitions and administration has taught me one basic fact. Museums and libraries serve the fundamental duel purpose of protecting and preserving our cultural products and experiences whilst sharing them with others in our time and in the future. <br/><br/>In this vein today one could argue that sites like Hulu and Youtube are a form of museum. They preserves cultural elements albeit in media form and effectively share it with others. When looking for a clip of the 1960 television show Nanny and the Professor, where did I go?<br/><br/>We as a global culture are amassing more and more media. Most of what we do socially , academically and in business we do now using digital media. Nothing can replace seeing the original Michelangelo's David or a desk which belonged to a United States President, but as media, achieves and digital capture becomes more prevalent, cyber “museums” will begin to change status from strictly entertainment to following new guidelines in preservation, accurate interpretation, thoughtful dissemination and education as landlocked museums have always done.<br/><br/>-YOUR THOUGHTS?