{"id":10369,"date":"2012-08-02T16:20:40","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T16:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=10369"},"modified":"2012-08-02T16:24:48","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T16:24:48","slug":"walker-art-gallery-internet-cat-video-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2012\/08\/02\/walker-art-gallery-internet-cat-video-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"WALKER ART CENTRE: Internet Cat Video Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s not exactly your average film festival, but this might just be the Cannes of cat videos. The usually staid Walker Art Centre caused a stir when it announced the world’s first Internet Cat Video Film Festival, dedicated to showcasing the best feline flicks around. We asked festival programmer Katie Hill if there’s any method to the madness. <\/p>\n

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Why an Internet Cat Video Film Festival?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why not? People love internet cat videos, so why not challenge the norm of this traditionally solo small screen viewing experience and bring it out in the open on the big screen on Walker Open Field?<\/p>\n

Was it easy to convince the Walker Art Centre to do this?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The only way this even became an idea was within the context of their Open Field programming. It’s basically a creative mash-up of some of programming from us and the public focused around learning and collaborating. Open Field allows for experimentation, and that\u2019s just what this is. In this case, an online community of cat video lovers are challenged to come out in the open and watch their favorite cats on a big screen together. It\u2019s also an experiment for the Walker Art Center – a serious institution – to take itself a little less seriously.<\/p>\n