The National Film and Television School
is supporting the YouTube Play project - get involved!
The NFTS is proud to announce its affiliation with YouTube Play - an
exciting new project set up by The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
and YouTube.
YouTube Play are calling for everyone around the globe to submit their videos (up to 10 mins in length) to www.youtube/play . Whether
you're a novice, an aspiring filmmaker or a creative professional, you are encouraged to apply, and you are not tied to any particular style/art form
or format of work.
This really is an exciting project designed to inspire everyone with access
to the internet - so get involved now!
YouTube Play. A Biennial of Creative Video aims to discover and showcase the most exceptional talent working in the ever-expanding realm of online video. Developed by YouTube and the Guggenheim Museum in collaboration with HP, YouTube Play hopes to attract innovative, original, and surprising videos from around the world, regardless of genre, technique, background, or budget. This global online initiative is not a search for what's "now," but a search for what's next. Visit youtube.com/play to learn more and submit a video.
About YouTube Play
In the last two decades, there has been a paradigm shift in visual culture. The moving image has been fully absorbed into critical contemporary-art practices, and now we are witnessing the power of the Internet to catalyze and disseminate new forms of digital media, including online video. With video now available for anyone to produce and watch, almost anytime and anywhere - be it on cell phones, digital cameras, computers, or tablets - it has become the medium of choice for many aspiring artists. YouTube Play will recognize the current effect of new technologies on creativity by showcasing exceptional talent working in the ever-expanding realm of digital media.
It is the goal of YouTube Play to reach the widest possible audience, inviting each and every individual with access to the Internet to submit a video for consideration. The end result will hopefully be the ultimate YouTube playlist: a selection of the most unique, innovative, groundbreaking video work being created and distributed online during the past two years.
How to Participate
Now through July 31, 2010, participants are invited to submit new or existing videos created within the last two years at youtube.com/play . Submissions may include any form of creative video, including animation, motion graphics, narrative, non-narrative, or documentary work, music videos, and entirely new art forms.
Selection Process
After the submission period closes, the Guggenheim Museum will identify up to 200 videos for online viewing at youtube.com/play . From this group, up to 20 videos will be selected by a jury of experts, comprised of distinguished artists, filmmakers, graphic designers, and musicians, to be presented at the Guggenheim Museum in New York during a special event on October 21, 2010, on view to the public October 22 - 24, with simultaneous presentations at the Guggenheim museums in Berlin, Bilbao, and Venice.
PLEASE NOTE: NFTS films shall not be submitted to this project.
