Walker Art Center Internet Cat Video Festival Golden Kitty Awarded To The Original Grumpy Cat
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Walker Art Center Internet Cat Video Festival Golden Kitty Awarded To The Original Grumpy Cat

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WALKER ART CENTER INTERNET CAT VIDEO FESTIVAL


GOLDEN KITTY AWARDED TO THE ORIGINAL GRUMPY CAT

Minneapolis, August 28, 2013—The Walker Art Center presented the second Internet Cat Video Festival this evening at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand, drawing an audience over 10,000. The people’s choice award, the Golden Kitty, was presented to The Original Grumpy Cat. Grumpy responded to the honor with a characteristic “Whatever.”

Chosen by online voting of nearly 20,000 responses, the Golden Kitty was shown as the finale of the festival and was awarded by last year’s winner Will Braden, creator of Henri Le Chat Noir, and festival producer Scott Stulen of the Walker Art Center in front of a Minnesota State Fair Grandstand audience of over 10,000.

The YouTube playlist of selected videos from the festival are available via:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5aJYoXLOMo1K0vgy8XQfUKBaSVrJ1ov7

Drawing over 10,000 online nominations, the second edition of the Walker’s festival included videos submitted from around the world including Australia, Japan, Russia, UK, Canada, and all over the United States. As with last year the videos were divided into the categories of Comedy, Drama, Foreign, Animated, Musical and Documentary. New categories for this year included a Minnesota Created “Cat-on-a-Stick” and an inaugural group of seven Hall of Fame inductees including Keyboard Cat, Nyan, Henri Le Chat Noir, Lil BUB, Kittens Inspired by Kittens, Maru, and Boots and Cats. The festival closed with a countdown of the People’s Choice videos concluding with the Golden Kitty winner.

MEDIA CONTACT: Rachel Joyce rachel.joyce@walkerart.org
612.375.7635
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Internet Cat Video Festival Program, August 28, 2013

COMEDY

Oskar the Blind Kitten Versus Hair Dryer

Kitty with a Watermelon Addiction

Black Cat Stick ’Em Up

Funny synchronized sphynx cats

Smart Cat Knock on Door

Fat Cat in a Pot

Cat Boarding

Cat Crip Walk on Counter

Cat Scared of Mario jump

Epic Cat Gymnast Imitates Fireman

Jedi Cats

Cat Friend vs Dog Friend

Hamilton the Hipster Cat

Colonel Meow on Facebook

DRAMA

The Trials and Tribulations of Patrick Chesterfield II

The Girl From Normandy

Cat Watching Slayer

Little Kitten Challenges Big Dog

Window Cat Attacks

Teddy the A-Hole Cat
Henri Le Chat Noir #7

FOREIGN

Kitten Reading Book

Сними очки

Parrot Relentlessly Annoying Cat

Dansons la capucine

Cat Sitting Relaxed

Slippery Cat

DOCUMENTARY

Lil Bub and Friendz

Rufus Tower

Google Glass Cat

Gravity Cats

Pussy People

ANIMATED

Stubborn Cat on Bag

A Cat Like That

Cats and Pants

Spoiled Milk

Paw Wars

VINE CAT BREAK

Montage of Vine Cat Videos
by Various Artists

MUSICAL

I’m Just a Cat and I’m Doing Cat Stuff
Alex Gaudino ft. Taboo

“I Don’t Wanna Dance” – Work It Kitty

Grumpy Pizacatto
Collective Soul Cat

Harlem Shake Rambo the Cat Edition

CAT ON A STICK (Minnesota Created)

Lazy Pudge the Cat with a Toy on Her Head

Punky Goes Fishing

Todd Sucherman and Cleo, Nicknames

Snow Kitty 2013

Butter Cat Time Lapse

http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/animal-planet-presents/videos/check-out-this-cat-sculpture-made-out-of-butter.htm

HALL OF FAME

KEYBOARD CAT

Kittens Inspired by Kittens by blakekelly0

Maru
Lil Bub Sounds
Boots and Cats
Nyan Cat [Original]
Henri, Paw de Deux

PEOPLE’S CHOICE (IN ORDER OF VOTES RECEIVED)

Original Grumpy Cat
Catalogue
Cat In A Shark Costume Chases A Duck While Riding A Roomba

Cat Licks Vaccum Cleaner

Kitten Meets Hedgehog

The Internet Cat Video Festival 2013-14 Tour

After the successful debut at the Minnesota State Fair the Internet Cat Video Festival now hits the road with 11 tour dates booked thus far and more to be added soon.

September 7th Heather Farms Park, Walnut Creek (San Francisco) CA
September 7-15th Honolulu Art Museum, Honolulu HI
September 12th CultureTECH Festival, Derry, Northern Ireland
September 22nd Monmouth County Library, Manalapan NJ
September 27th ArtPrize Grand Rapids, MI
October 4th Cable Car Cinema, Providence RI
October 19th Irish American Heritage Center, Chicago IL
October 25th Warsaw Hall, Brooklyn NY
January 24th Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee WI
May 2014 Great Wall of Oakland, Oakland CA
June 2014 Hollywood Theater, Portland, OR

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