Before the launch of YouTube in 2005, there were few easy methods available for ordinary computer users who wanted to post videos online. With its simple interface, YouTube made it possible for anyone with an Internet connection to post a video that a worldwide audience could watch within a few minutes — changing the internet culture for ever.
Join us for a unique YouTube Experience on Friday, August 20 & 27, 2010!
Art Outlet presents it’s fourth annual new media exhibition – two YouTube Salons.
This new media experience is brought to you in partnership with Northside Social and Arlington Independent Media (AIM). 8 Curators will share their YouTube clips of choice projected onto a large screen on Friday, August 20 & 27 from 9:30 pm – 10:30 pm with brief introductions, why they chose them. The entire event will be streamed live from our web site to a global audience and we will twitter during the event.
After all, it’s all about sharing!
YouTube is a video-sharing website, owned by Google, on which users can upload, share, and view videos. The company uses Adobe Flash Video technology to display a wide variety of user-generated video content, including movie clips, TV clips, and music videos, as well as amateur content such as video blogging and short original videos.
Most of the content on YouTube has been uploaded by individuals, although media corporations including CBS, the BBC, UMG and other organizations offer some of their material via the site, as part of the YouTube partnership program.
Other video sharing sites have emerged, such as Vimeo, Flickr, Myspace, Facebook and ’streaming media’ will be more important as a means of communication and documentation as internet technology evolves and we as humans adapt to the digital revolution.
