Where The Hell is Matt Harding? Viral Video History in the Making.

July 18, 2008 by James
Filed under: Rants and Raves, Social Media 
Dance 2008: Where The Hell is Matt?

Dance 2008: Where The Hell is Matt?

Dancing 2008: It started as a lark, a goof, a joke, but this video (created by Matt Harding) is nothing of the sort. It’s now a bona fide feel good, shot-in-the-arm dose of hope and inspiration. At 4m29s in duration, the haunting sound track and video collage of Matt Harding dancing his goofy jig around the world has touched a chord and the hearts of millions.

This wasn’t what I’d planned to write today, but after sipping my morning coffee and watching this video (thanks to Ken for sending me the link) I felt I should share it too. Not so much for it’s artistic merit - but for the impact and implications I see. Consider this…

History In The Making

At no time in history have we been as able to document and record our lives with such clarity. Our voices, actions, and our very thoughts digitally etched into the Internet ether for all time - or at least until a time when it no longer matters. The people dancing with Matt Harding around the world have been immortalized and as one journalist put it:

“This one is a high-definition television commercial for hope.”

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