Net culture
Katzenvideo Festival celebrates German premiere
Golden scratching post instead of the Golden bear: While in the capital, the Berlin film festival, in Düsseldorf, the “Internet Cat Video Festival”. The Kultveranstaltung in the U.S. is for the first time in Germany.
Youtube-Star-Tom-cat Maru from Japan
In the net, they are perennial favorite: Katzenvideos be millions of times shared, and clicked. Already some of the Samtpfote was this really a Star. The cat Tardar Sauce from Arizona, for example, under the Pseudonym “Grumpy Cat” became famous: With her grumpy facial expression should, according to a report by the British newspaper “Express” already more than 100 million dollars have earned. Part of the success story of the Kultkatze is, among other things, also the victory at the “Internet Cat Video Festival 2013 in Minneapolis.
A crowd pleaser for cat fans
A tiny Nischenfestival for Freaks? No way! The weird-looking
The Festival is a crowd-pleaser: Since its first edition in 2012, attracts annually more than 10,000 cat fans in the ballpark of St. Paul, where the Katzenvideos on a giant screen will be presented.
19. February celebrates the Festivalformat will now have its premiere in Germany at the NRW-Forum Düsseldorf. 600 visitors have been announced. “The Internet culture is the new pop culture”, explains . Alain Bieber, the artistic Director of the NRW-forum, the crush of people. “And this culture also brings its own new Stars, for example Grumpy Cat or the cat Maru from Japan.”
At the Dusseldorf Festival will be a one-hour wrap-up of the “world’s best Katzenvideos off the grid” is shown, the NRW-Forum from his partner, the “Walker Art Center in Minnesota, has taken over. From funny to cute to artistic merit is everything.
Who gets the “Golden Kitty”?
On top of that gives a four-member Jury for the best German Katzenvideo the “Golden Kitty”Award. A Chance of a trophy, the Golden cat tree, have all the professional and Hobbykatzenfilmer, a contribution to the NRW-Forum will be submitted. In addition, waving a discount voucher for Luxuskatzenmöbel and as the audience prize, a shopping voucher for the appropriate selling cat toys.
The Jury knows the way very well with cats. There is, among other things, Katja Berlin, the author of the book “Cat Content: SMS from my hangover”. The Top-15 the jurors are already a few weeks ago selected and as a Playlist on the Website of the NRW-forum.
Net culture, enjoy the experience together
But why a Festival like this, may be some questions. The Festivalslogan of the American Walker Art Center gives the answer: “It’s not about Katzenvideos, it is a matter of common Katzenvideos to look.” The social component plays an important role. This should also be in Düsseldorf, to be confirmed by Alain Bieber. The festival atmosphere, the get-together and the shared fun are in the foreground. A further Motivation: The NRW-Forum like digital culture, a place outside of virtuality. “Network culture is part of everyday life and should as such also in the art world attention,” says the artistic Director.
Welcome to the “Internetstadl”
The “Internet Cat Video Festival” is therefore the start of the new series
“Internetstadl – the funny, the IRL Celebration of Internet culture for 2016”, in the framework of the NRW-Forum Internetphänomene in the real world, in the “real life”(IRL) and get together with the visitors, wants to celebrate. “We want to have a fun, but still critical way of dealing with the latest cultural technology, particularly in relation to the Internet, to promote”, said the Initiator, Alain Bieber. With the Katzenvideo Festival stands as an introduction to the most prominent Netzphänomen on the program. Bieber is convinced: “Katzenvideos are something like a global Internet joke.” In fact: The pull of Katzenvideos is hard to deny – and it is also difficult to escape. You only look once into those eyes…
