[aha] IOCOSE presents NoTube Contest 2010

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NoTube Contest 2010

http://notubecontest.com/

IOCOSE (http:/iocose.org) proudly presents the NoTube Contest 2010.

The winner of the NoTube Contest is the participant who manages to
find the most valueless video on YouTube.

A video uploaded on YouTube is generally oriented to a large audience,
has a simple narrative and can be easily categorized.
A NoTube video, instead, fails in every promise and contradicts
viewers' expectations for a meaningful experience. A good NoTube video
can not be summarized, does not offer any keyword for searching it, is
not linked by any other web site, has not been discussed and can not
be discussed.

A good submission to the NoTube Contest makes it difficult to answer
these three basic questions:
1) Why has this video been produced?
2) Why has this video been published?
3) Who should be interested in watching this video?

The NoTube Contest does not award video makers. It is about exploiting
the YouTube search engine and find, in its meanders, what was not
supposed to be found.

How close can we get to pure emptiness?
Why are we producing and saving these messages?

In an age obsessed with digital preservation, constantly growing
databases, search engine optimization, unlimited encyclopedias, the
NoTube Contest is here to investigate in the dark side of meaning
production.

Applications are welcome since 6th February 2010
Deadline for submissions: 28th March 2010

Send your proposal at contact at notubecontest.com
include your email address and a youtube.com link

Right after the deadline a special jury will choose the winner from a
shortlist of applicants.

2010 jury:

- Franco 'Bifo' Berardi
is a philosopher, media-theorist and activist. He took part in Radio
Alice, the first pirate radio in Italy (1976-78), in the Autonomia
movement and the Telestreet project. He co-founded the e-zine
Rekombinant. Authors of several books, he teaches Social History of
Communication at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan, Italy.

- Konrad Becker
is an author, artist, composer and producer. In 1979 he founded
Monoton, a seminal electronic music project. Director and co-founder
of the Institute for New Culture Technologies/t0 and of Public Netbase
(1994-2006), he initiated and runs World-Information Institute, a
cultural intelligence agency. More recently, he founded the
Global-Security-Alliance . Recent book publications include:
"Strategic Reality Dictionary" (2009) and "Deep Search" (2009).

- Patrick Lichty
is a conceptually-based artist, writer, curator, and activist. He has
been exhibiting internationally since 1990, and is best known for his
3D animations with the activist group The Yes Men, and as Editor
in-Chief of Intelligent Agent Magazine in New York City. He is
currently a member of the faculty of the Interactive Art & Media
Department of Columbia College, Chicago.

The winner will have the unique opportunity to wear a Casio F91W, the
official IOCOSE watch. More information about this prize is available
at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F91W

Contact
contact at iocose.org
http://iocose.org

http://notubecontest.com