59 SECONDS VIDEO FESTIVAL SCREENING
20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 59 SECONDS VIDEO FESTIVAL, PRESENTED BY CURATOR IRINA DANILOVA
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 59 Seconds Video Festival, Project 59 is organizing 20 international screenings featuring a selection from the final collection of the best 59 videos plus new AI-generated works. Each video is 59 seconds long. The best 59 videos were selected in 2005-2008 by 59 audiences from 59 worldwide screenings.
WASP is excited to host one of these screenings on 19 July 2025 in the White box Studio, Ion Minulescu Street 67-93, Bucharest.
Launched in 2005 by Project 59 (Irina Danilova & Hiram Levy) at 59 Franklin Street in Tribeca, NYC, the 59 Seconds Video Festival was a play off as well as a metaphor for the short video format. While sampling an emerging digital video art scene, it facilitated an exchange of ideas and information, presenting a wide range of video works, including mini documentaries, political satire, narratives, experimental, edgy, controversial, and a unique collection of videos that integrated the number 59. “Maximum entertainment in minimum time” – San Francisco Bay Guardian, 12/7/05.
The first video editing software was released in the mid-to-late 1990s (Final Cut Pro for Mac in 1999), and by 2005 there was a significant number of artists experimenting with the moving image. The current experiments with new AI technologies make the 20th anniversary of the 59 Seconds Video Festival a good opportunity to compare and bridge the gap between pioneering new technologies used by artists in 2005 and 2025.
Presented by curator,
Irina Danilova
Adj. Associate Professor
Art Department
Kingsborough College of CUNY
Tickets are free and all are welcome to attend.