Releases - Walker Art Center

Minneapolis, February 14, 2013—The Walker Art Center presents its second Internet Cat Video Festival on Wednesday, August 28, 7 pm, at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand. Last year the Festival (#catvidfest), the first of its kind in the nation/world, drew a crowd of over 10,000 to the Walker. What began as a social experiment testing the boundaries of online communities and crowd-sourced content resulted in...

GOLDEN KITTY AWARDED TO HENRI 2, PAW DE DEUX
Minneapolis, August 30, 2012—The Walker Art Center presented the first Cat Video Festival this evening at its Open Field, drawing an audience over 10,000. The people’s choice award, the Golden Kitty, was presented to William Brandon, creator of Henri 2, Paw de Deux. Brandon comments “This is a great honor. I don't think I've ever purred this loudly!" 

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AWARD-WINNING VIDEO TO BE BROADCAST DURING ANIMAL PLANET’S MY CAT FROM HELL SEASON FINALE

             

Minneapolis, August 16, 2012—The Walker Art Center’s summer-long experiment, Open Field, presents the first internet cat video festival Thursday, August 30, 4–10 pm. Chosen by online voting, the winner of the People’s Choice Award, the Golden Kitty, will be announced at the festival and the producer of the...

ONLINE NOMINATIONS END SOON AND MERCHANDISE NOW AVAILABLE
Minneapolis, July 26, 2012—The Walker Art Center’s summer-long experiment, Open Field, presents the first internet cat video festival, Thursday, August 30, 4–10 pm. The Internet Cat Video Festival takes a subject of popular cultural relevance and crowd sourced content and presents it as communal social experience. Cat videos are a guilty pleasure for...