I'm interested not in promoting art via social media, but in projects that use the capacity of social media to connect people.
I really like the idea. The simple fact of reacting on a piece of art (on twitter for exemple) can connect people. They would never talk to eachothers in a museum but sundenly they can argue and exange on something they saw. I don't know if that's what you really ment in your question, but that's how I see it !
Also, people can add their mark to a piece. You can for exemple post something on facebook, like a sentence, and ask people to continue it so it makes some kind of "cadavre exquis".
If you were looking for projects that already exist, I'm sorry I don't have any in mind, but I'm sure it's already done ! Posting a performance on youtube and let people comment could be one of those things. I also know things like that are done on "Periscope".
Great idea - the "cadavre exquis"! I'm interested primarily in fine art projects. Relational art projects could integrate social media - I guess.
..in this moment, Romanian Design Week takes place in Bucharest. It is the best place to see how art and design works through social media.
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I did a project with students a couple of years ago where we invented characters and tweeted to develop a story based on one first agreed scenario. We were testing what could be down with Twitter and honing our writing skills.
Wwriter Teju Cole did a project where he tweeted a series of stories gleaned from the archives of the NY Times.
About two years ago ICP NYC had done a group show. One of the pieces had a woman photographer digitally manipulate her pictures to arrive at different avatars. She had then posted them on facebook where people responded to them. I could find out the name of the artist if you're interested.
Another project which is currently up right now at the ICP Museum uses live curated material via twitter.
https://www.icp.org/exhibitions/public-private-secret
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