The
Walker Art Center is renowned for its curation of compelling artworks, cutting-edge contemporary performance, and thought-provoking films. But it's generating a great deal of buzz lately for a particularly quirky offering that's distinctive in the art world: an Internet Cat Video Film Festival.
As
noted in ABC News, the "festival" is really just an hour-long event, held at the center's Open Field space on August 30th.
Since organizers are still reviewing submissions, a solid lineup hasn't been announced, but ABC posited that some viral favorites could be included, such as
Surprised Kitty, which had more than 64 million views on YouTube as of late July.
News stories about the festival abound, appearing in the
Kansas City Star,
Los Angeles Times,
BBC News, and
Gawker.