Michael Rohd wrote us Sunday to point out "The Many Tribes of YouTube," an article by Virginia Heffernan (5/27/05) in the N.Y. Times about the revolutionary self-expression video craze on YouTube.com. Rohd thinks it's " hugely important/fascinating, in my mind- art/media/technology, and community..." Heffernan spotlights the "video response" trend on the site: Users are "commenting" on other users' videos by posting videos of their own. Example: "In answer to a lousy, stammering video, say, a real YouTuber doesn’t just comment, 'You idiot — I could do that blindfolded!' He blindfolds himself, gets out his video-capable Canon PowerShot and uploads the results." This call-and-response phenom creates infinite threads video conversation. Heffernan lists and elaborates on "five of the most fascinating worlds to get lost in on YouTube":

1. PETER OAKLEY, A K A GERIATRIC1927
2. TIME-LAPSE PAINTING
3. PARKOUR
4. BLASPHEMY
5. FAT RANTS

FYI: Plenty of community artists are branding themselves on YouTube as well. Cornerstone Theater Company, Appalshop, AS220, Cork Community Art, etc. (search "Community Art").

   

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