In the age of algorithmic media,

short videos may be the closest thing

we have to a new form of global folk culture.

1001 SHORTS is a Video Ensemble created entirely from YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels and TikTok videos.

No musical instruments, no added sounds, no sound effects. The composition uses only the original, unprocessed audio of hundreds of short videos, transforming fragments of everyday digital culture into a new musical structure.

What if the endless stream of short videos became an ensemble?

Duration: 12 min 30 sec

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