Posted by Altered Barbie Press Posted on: 08/20/07

PNN.com's Newest Web Show Features Re-Invented Barbies

She is not just a symbol of the unattainable female figure anymore;
Now Barbie is Art

San Francisco, Calif., August, 2007 - No matter what side of the fence you sit on when it comes to the great Barbie debate (is she merely a childhood doll or is she the unattainable female protg); nearly every person of every age can appreciate this new approach to Barbie as a form of art.  PNN.com announces the new "Altered Barbie Web Show," which will run through October featuring artists and attendants of the 5th annual Altered Barbie recycled art show that took place August 1st through the 19th in San Francisco, Calif.

The art show was presented by ChatterBox Intl. and Curated by Julie Andersen. Through the incorporation of Barbie into a recycled art object, this unique show celebrates the diversity of viewpoints surrounding the controversial doll, including personal image awareness and stereotypical gender rolls in society.

"Creative projects like recycled Barbie art are right up the alley for our PNN.com audiences," says Jennifer J., PNN.com's marketing director. "Not everybody can travel to San Francisco for such a unique and fascinating show, so PNN.com brings the show to the world with exclusive video footage.  Viewers will see artists open up and share stories about their artwork, not to mention the many philosophies about the iconic Barbie herself."

The Altered Barbie event featured over 75 artists and their work, which ranged from a Barbie replication of The Last Supper, to a floor-to-ceiling George Washington Barbie picture from the Goatee Nation Project.

With two episodes already making a presence on media web sites including PNN.com, PNN.com forecasts a new direction for mini-web-shows and media broadcasting. "The internet is the wild west of new media, and big companies are no longer the sole proprietors of media content," Jennifer comments. "Video bloggers are staking their claim to new, vastly unexplored web locations, and PNN.com is here to help them define that space. "

PNN.com will release the Altered Barbie Web Show at the beginning of every week throughout the entire month of October.  Visit PNN.com at http://alteredbarbie.pnn.com to see the latest web show.

About PNN.com
PNN.com is the premier new-media network for creating online citizen journalists, enabling people with no web-design experience to share stories and media on personal, customized web pages. Started in 2006 by Lauren Elliott, pioneer of the Edutainment Industry and co-creator of the hit game series, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, PNN.com empowers people to advance the ways in which they communicate. By putting simple-to-use technology in the hands of people with a story to tell, PNN.com enables a new form of storytelling that bridges traditional cultural, economic, and social boundaries. PNN.com's offices and recording studio are located in the scenic valley of Rohnert Park, California. Additional information about PNN is available at http://press.pnn.com