In 2008, the Sergio Motta Institute held three festivals—HTTPVideo, HTTPTags, and HTTPSound—curated by Giselle Beiguelman on three major Web 2.0 platforms: YouTube, Delicious, and MySpace. This initiative responded to the need to expand the Institute’s online activities and broaden the audience with which we engaged, while creating temporary spaces for creative work that also functioned as critical arenas for emerging production. This e-book documents the HTTPs festivals and includes critical texts by Paula Alzugaray, Juliana Monachesi, Marcos Boffa, and myself, with many images, videos, and links. Graphic design by Marcus Bastos.
HTTPVideo, HTTPTags, and HTTPSom were festivals held in 2008 by the Sergio Motta Institute, curated by Giselle Beiguelman, on three major Web 2.0 platforms: YouTube, Delicious, and MySpace. The initiative responded to the need to expand the Institute’s activities online, broadening the audience with which we engaged, and to the desire to create temporary spaces for creation that would also function as critical arenas for emerging production.