Video Vortex

In the article Video Vortex, there were four articles in which You Tube was discussed. The two articles which stood out to me the most was "The Practice of Everyday (Media) Life" by Len Manovich and "Constructive Instability" by Thomas Elsaesser.

In Len Manovich's short article, her argument is more pro on you tube thus saying which every way we want to mediate ourselves through media is our own way art; meaning art is perceived in different ways depending on the person defining it.

On the other hand, Thomas Elsaesser is saying that using You Tube and other sorts of media is taking the attention away from the real form of art which "media art" is not included.

As much as Len Manovich is in agreement with Geert Lovink, taking You Tube more seriously as any one's own form of art, Len Manovich is in disagreement with Thomas Elsaesser in what exactly is a form of art. Manovish sees such sites like You Tube as a new form of mediating any information while Elsaesser sees these sites running further away from what real art really is such as avant-garde. Elsaesser feels as if interactive media has made people underestimate the difference between art and technology. As much as Elsaesser thinks this is the problem, Manovich sees this interactive media as a solution offering a better form of expressive art.