BlankSpace Publications

YART is a digital exhibition reifying the tension between digital and analogue worlds. That's a (f)artsy way of saying that YART is dedicated to creating traditional paintings, drawings, woodcuts, etc., of favourite YouTube videos, celebrities, scenes, sketches, etc. It was conceived as a COVID-19 pandemic project during the lockdown, when I was watching more YouTube than was healthy for a normal person.

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My Self-Imposed Criteria:

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1. The videos/images must have originated on YouTube or were made/became popular on YouTube. This means that videos originating outside of YouTube are fair game, as long as they have a strong representation on YouTube or social media in general.

2. The image/video can also be of a popular meme that is represented on YouTube or social media.

3. I am avoiding any digital art created through Photoshop—remember, the point is to create TRADITIONAL artwork of digital culture—but I may use a digital image as a baseline to work from.

 

That’s it. Enjoy!

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—Dr. Jeffrey Douglas