SanctionedArray is an online database of video art conceived in 2010 in response to the restrictions of artists' submissions to The Guggenheim Museum's and YouTube's video biennial, Play (www.youtube.com/play). Artists' submissions to Play were limited by OFAC sanctions (www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/programs/) - citizens or residents of Belarus, Cote d'Ivoire, Congo, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Myanmar/Burma and Zimbabwe were not eligible to submit their work. In protest to the continuity of such restrictions of virtual exchanges, artists of any origin - including those from the sanctioned countries – were invited to submit their work to SanctionedArray in an open call for video entries. Submission guidelines to SanctionedArray followed online video formats proposed by YouTube and The Guggenheim, except for Eligibility 1.d. (www.sites.google.com/site/ytplayterms/all).

The total of 781 entries was received from the first call for submissions in October 2010, and 100 of the most notable and varied videos has been selected by the jury comprised of art professionals around the world for the SanctionedArray online database. The database will continuously expand via ongoing series of curated exhibitions entitled CuratorsArray. The goal of this project is to assemble an archive of current video art from the specific origins, activate it it via curatorial practice, and generate scholarly discourse on the topic of specificity of art production in transmission of its origins.

Good Translator, 2006.

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