Pixels at an Exhibition

The curator and Internet-art booster Rachel Greene has come up with a suggestion: artists could use YouTube like a supply store. To make the point, she recently asked a set of art-world figures — Sue de Beer, Matthew Higgs, Matthew Ronay and Wayne Koestenbaum — to present and project their favorite YouTube videos in Manhattan on May 13 at the Kitchen gallery. According to catalog copy for the show, “Artists Using YouTube,” some of the videos on exhibit provide “indirect fodder” for the artists’ own work.
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Virtuos Circles

A graphic representation of Ning's "double viral loop" maps the patterns of invitations sent and accepted by new members across its network. A beautiful display of human interaction on the Web.
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