May 26, 2012

As a label CuratingYouTube.net [CYT s.1997] stands for the exploration of the Web 2.0 phenomena on the example of the online video sharing portal, Youtube. Approaching the phenomena from different angles and views CuratingYoutube.net comprises a variety of projects. Based on the assumption that the fusion of the net and real life has progresses to an extent where there is no difference between the net , that is virtual and real life, one could say, that work in the net is also work on the net and therefore real life. Curating means choosing to be exhibited and preserved. During the process of selecting the reoccurring question you are faced with is: “why this and not that?”. The answer depends on the priorities, which not necessarily derive from the chosen art piece itself, but various motivations and arguments. In case we aim to communicate by the choice of the selected exhibits and the order of the same enforces an expression to be determined by esthetic judgment, artistic action is just a step away. CYT is using Curating as a technique of action, used as a means of orientation and to position itself in the web 2.0 phenomena by artistic strategies. curatingyoutube.net – since 2007…

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