Postmasters Gallery Presents Artists Meeting A-List Cannibal Cage-match YouTube Triptych Party II May 16th 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. (ONE NITE ONLY) Postmasters Gallery 459 W. 19th St. NYC

Artists Meeting Arts Collective presents an immersive evening of 21st century internet celebrities in YouTube Triptych Party II, an A-List Cannibal Cage-Match at Postmasters Gallery in New York. Today anyone can be a star. The Famous, the infamous and the everyday Vlog webstars are here today and possibly gone tomorrow. Andy’s 15 minutes of fame now barely last 30 seconds and the YouTube phenomena creates instant fame, to be quickly replaced by the next lunchtime sensation or overnight international viral hit by a 5 year old kid from Nebraska named Fred. Through a process of performative appropriation and the over-sized projection of three simultaneous video streams on the gallery wall, Artists Meeting spins YouTube videos into triptychs using the unique features of You3b.com and the process of “digital wandering” or “drifting” through the parallel universe of public online video. While formally simple, the effect of presenting videos normally consumed privately by individuals in this public setting creates an uncanny, unsettling and sometimes hilarious effect on the viewers through the looping sequences, overlapping sounds and beautifully awkward combinations of artworks created by amateur and professional video makers. Artists Meeting is a New York based artists collective whose members come from a range of eclectic backgrounds. Since its official start in 2006, the collective has participated in the Conflux Art Festival in New York, the Dumbo Arts Festival in Brooklyn, and a number of YouTube based performance events at Postmasters Gallery and Monkeytown. Artists Meeting is also currently working on a number of expanded cinema works. http://www.artistsmeeting.org You3b is a tool that allows users to make triptychs out of YouTube videos. An Eyebeam project conceived by Jeff Crouse, produced by Jeff Crouse and Andrew Mahon and designed and coded by Andrew Mahon. http://www.you3b.com. Complimentary drinks will be served. Feel free to BYBO. Press inquiries please contact: Edita Zulic: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it James Andrews: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Lee Wells: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it http://www.artistsmeeting.org http://www.postmastersgallery.com