
YouTubeReader.com is an online exhibition assigned to us by the National Library of Sweden and curated by the Nederlands Filmmuseum. It accompanies the new book “The YouTube Reader” wich is the first to explore YouTube from a film and media theory point of view.
The exhibition understands YouTube as a mirror maze – just like the one on the weekend fair: YouTube reflects it’s users and the users reflect on YouTube. On the other side of the mirror people are watching and reacting on them. It comes to endless reflections.
Divided in four sections the visitor takes different perspectives and sees very strong visual translations of the mirror maze concept. Simple reflections are shown as a classic mirror maze, global movements on YouTube look like a flower endlessly repeating itself, a kaleidoskope explains how users mix and reuse contents and create new surprising clips and finaly a mirror paradox embodies the clips that reflect each other endlessly.