Wednesday 04th January 2012Hello World! Video Comes to the Saatchi Screen
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It has long been noted that video art has been a missing link in the Saatchi collection, but that has now changed in a big way. Saatchi has opened a new screening room specifically for video art, just 50 yards from the collections head quarters in London.
Hello World! Or: How I Learned to Stop Listening and Love the Noise is the debut exhibition at the aptly named Saatchi Screen, and features the work of Christopher Baker. The show, which runs until the 28th Februrary, sees an accumulation of 5,000 videos, in one giant installation of video and sound, that loops through a range of material sourced from the internet.
Baker, a former scientist, takes an interest in the way that people choose to express themselves, with particular focus on the medium that they use, and the forums in which they choose to do so. The internet has revolutionised the way that people communicate and connect with the world, and this is both celebrated and scrutinised in Bakers work.
Hello World! seems to be an exciting way to get the Saatchi video collection well underway and to open the Saatchi Screen to an eager video art audience.
The Guggenheim New York and YouTube have joined forces to create YouTube Play. A Biennial of Creative Video, where a jury of informed individuals will seek to discover and showcase some of the best artist talent to be found in the realm of online video.
This project has already drawn major world wide attention with more than 6,600 videos having been submitted since YouTube Play was announced on 14th June. The YouTube Play channel has already attracted more than 2.6 million viewers as the submissions continue to arrive before the deadline of 31st July.
The panel of judges for the biennial is impressive in itself, featuring, to name just a few, artists Douglas Gordon, Ryan McGinley, Marilyn Minter and Takashi Murakami, filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, artist and filmmakers Shirin Neshat and Apichatpong Weerasethakul as well as graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister. The jury is chaired by Guggenheim Chief Curator and Deputy Directory Nancy Spector.
To find out more and perhaps make a submission, visit YouTube Play.
