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You know the Guggenheim people were extremely happy when the architects chose white walls while building this. An opportunity to project their love poem to the YouTube design.
Right now, the only missing during this Live Blog? A bottle of wine.
7:47 Almost time.
A little behind the scenes look.
7:55 They have officially turned on the Livestream Video.
7:57 Mostly consists of a view looking down at the Guggenheim with all their video screens and the stage.
8:00 This intro reminds me of the early MTV promos.
8:01 They praise the all-inclusive ideas of YouTube. Welcome to the new biennial.
8:02 Michael Showalter adds self-deprecation to his hosting.
8:03 Why the jab at Canada?
8:04 Bring out the Jurors.
8:05 Darren Aranofsky, Shirin Neshat, and Laurie Anderson? Wow.
Very fitting judges.
8:06 The first one comes from a profile on a person.
8:08 YouTube Symphony Orchestra…funny. “Birds on a Wire” does have a sweet melody to it.
8:09 This song also has the feeling of a bird too.
8:12 We meet Stefan Sagmeister and Ladybird’s Requiem.
8:13 “Strindberg and Helium at the Beach,” How very Gilliam
8:14 I agree with Sagmeister’s views on the Chilean video.
8:15 Gorgeous view of time-lapse.
8:17 The way he uses time-lapse almost turns the landscapes and people into these Jan Svankmejer animation films
8:19 The Washington singer referenced “She’ll be Comin’ Around the Mountain,”
8:21 Juror Marilyn Minter speaks
8:22 “Moonwalk” reminds me of M.I.A.’s XXXO
8:24 She picked some great videos. Auspice and Post Newtonianism had an awesome creepy vibe. Wonderland Mafia was cute.
8:26 I Met The Walrus
8:28 How very Yellow Submarine.
8:29 A very poignant performance.
8:32 Sagmeier back again.
8:33 More Jan Svankmajer if you ask me. Saw a bit of The Aborted Earth earlier today.
8:34 Seaweed. Looks like a cross-breed between mime and interpretative dance.
8:34 Very gorgeous.
8:39 Love the breakdancing too.
8:40 Garden. How very Stomp.
8:44 Juror Douglas Gordon
8:45 Pink Floyd Boxers?!
8:47 People owe a lot to Jan Svankmajer and the Brothers Quay.
8:48 Lisa Burn’s view of Belfast.
8:49 …and the cab drivers who suffered during the Troubles.
8:50 Do you think mash-ups represent the Surrealist Found Object?
8:51 Hungarian Dance #5
8:55 This video left me ambivalent. I do not like it, but I do not hate it. I enjoy the song and I like the whole concept of different people working together to perform it.
8:56 The Notebook lady seems nervous and unsure.
8:58 Perry Bard deconstructs the idea of the remake.
9:00 Jillian Mayer plays with illusion and acrobatics.
9:01 Surrealism on a turntable
9:05 Words celebrate the everyday and the interstitial . The Space between. They give the simple little things a grand scope.
9:07 Like I wrote before, the people working at the Guggenheim must feel so thankful of their white building.
9:09 OK Go closes the show on ladders.
9:14 Those jackets….
9:18 The show has reached its end, and I am ending this live blog. Hope you had a good time as much as I did.
