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Meta-YouTube

Great post over at i heart photograph about art by Constant Dullaart and others using Youtube videos to talk about Youtube itself.  Especially interesting is the idea that as Youtube continues to change its design for users, these artworks will be representing aspects of the technology that are obsolete - drawing attention to the design obsolescence present in the constant transformation of web applications.

Constant Dullaart, part of her series YouTube As Subject:

Pash - Moonwalk:

this one really made me laugh - Ginger Anyhow: dave dancing at my bday party

[...] I think this is one of my first forays into experiencing new media artworks (after the meta YouTube videos), and I have to say I am very intrigued!  I like how these artists seem to play with the [...]