The Folksomy Project

The Folksomy Project

Posted On: November 27, 2009
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JODI‘s ongoing performance project, The Folksomy Project, takes YouTube as source material, with the artists utilizing custom software to select and manipulate user-generated videos from the popular website. Armed with a virtual “juke-box” of video clips, JODI focuses on YouTube users love-hate relationship with new technologies, from iPod love ballads to laptop smashing. As with much of JODI’s work, The Folksomy Project is a study in how online systems (dis)function.

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