If you're anything like me, then you're addicted to YouTube! Guilty as charged - I enjoy watching otters holding hands and music videos consisting of one semester's worth of spanish. Heck, I'll even watch a betchin' muffin commercial! With thousands and thousands of spoofs, how-to instructional videos, clips and music videos, how can anyone get bored?
In recent weeks, a new performance trend called "freeze" has been spreading like wildfire. Part prank, part performance art, people gather in a public space and stop moving for a set amount of time - usually about five minutes. Earlier this winter, the first "freeze" was performed in Grand Central Station in New York City by Improv Everywhere, which according to their website is "a group that causes chaos and joy in public places."
Within weeks of having Frozen Grand Central on YouTube, "freezes" have been performed in Santa Monica, California, Quebec, London, Brussels, Paris, Edinburgh, Berlin, Stockholm, Shanghai, and Ginza, Japan! Even R.E.M. is using this as a marketing tool for their new album.
Best of all, this trend is still growing and just might hit a city near you. And thanks to YouTube, we can witness each and every "freeze" occurring in cities around the world!
Frozen Grand Central by Imrov Everywhere
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this group is so awesome! i want to do one of their performances. did you see their best buy one?
Yeah, I think I've watched all of them by now. My other favorites are Redheads Protest Wendy's (on 56th and 8th Ave.) and the Mp3 Experiments. No Shirts and No Pants are really interesting, but you'll never catch me joining those!
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