Cat videos get their moment at Minneapolis film festival

By PATRICK CONDON

The Associated Press

First Published Aug 29 2012 02:47 pm • Last Updated Aug 29 2012 10:35 pm

Minneapolis • It might be art or it might just be cute, but a Minneapolis museum is giving serious attention to the online phenomenon of funny cat videos with a film festival in their honor.

The Walker Art Center’s "Internet Cat Video Film Festival" is Thursday night. The museum programmer who hatched the idea says it’s part social experiment to see if a popular online activity will translate into a shared community experience.

But program associate Katie Hill says it’s also because cat videos are funny and cute.

And hugely popular. Some classics of the form rack up YouTube views in the tens of millions. Some of those videos will be shown Thursday, with a total of about 70 clips scheduled for the festival.

Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

About Reader Comments

---

Reader comments on sltrib.com are the opinions of the writer, not The Salt Lake Tribune. We will delete comments containing obscenities, personal attacks and inappropriate or offensive remarks. Flagrant or repeat violators will be banned. If you see an objectionable comment, please alert us by clicking the arrow on the upper right side of the comment and selecting "Flag comment as inappropriate". If you've recently registered with Disqus or aren't seeing your comments immediately, you may need to verify your email address. To do so, visit disqus.com/account.
See more about comments here.