YOUTUBE COMMENTARY PROJECT

Like the ‘special features’ commentary on a commercial DVD, the ‘YouTube Commentary Project’ is a curatorial initiative that involves injecting ideas, critique and comments recorded by artists and curators about a YouTube video of their choice. After overlaying the recorded audio onto the video, the results are then uploaded back onto YouTube and presented there.
The project is part of Artists Space’s new WebCast: internet and computer-based cultural content co-produced with artists around the world.

Below the commentary of the independent curator Sofia Hernandez Chong Cuy where she considers YouTube as a research vehicle, fan culture and a newfound Tom Cruise…

So far many interesting commentaries have been published. See them at the Artists Space YouTube channel and enjoy!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ee0XI2fOU4[/youtube]

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