<videovortex> Video Vortex #6: Beyond YouTube
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Video Vortex #6: Beyond YouTube
By Michelle Kasprzak on Wednesday Mar 30th, 2011
The sixth Video Vortex conference was held in Amsterdam at Trouw, a
building that used to house the printing presses where the eponymous
newspaper was created. These days, Trouw is a restaurant and club and
occasional conference venue. The venue’s former purpose reinforced the
passing of the torch from old news media to the online media being
discussed, alongside other relevant topics, at Video Vortex. Michael
Strangelove, the first speaker of the day, referred to the “holocaust
of capitalism” and how online video enables a subversion of the notion
of culture as private property. As newspapers struggle to redefine
themselves in this online era - the New York Times’ new paywall being
a prime example - the war of ownership over content resonated not only
throughout the conference sessions but even in the venue’s inkstained
floors.
The initial speakers of the day, Michael Strangelove and Andrew Clay,
made salient points about the notion of “compulsory
visibility” (Foucault, via Strangelove) online, the “douchebag effect”
induced by online video platforms (Strangelove), and the communities
and revenue streams which develop around online smash hits such as
Annoying Orange (Clay). Talk of douchebag effects and inane chattering
fruit was unfortunately juxtaposed with the gravity of the tragic
earthquake and tsunami in Japan, unfolding at the very same time. All
morning, YouTube quickly populated with shocking videos of the damage,
and it seemed immediately inappropriate to ponder how many millions
Annoying Orange makes.
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