"The reconstruction of the early YouTube watch page features the first-ever upload entitled Me at the zoo, showing then 25-year-old YouTube co-founder Karim at San Diego Zoo talking about elephants. The 19-second clip has been viewed 382 million times and received over 18 million likes since it was first posted to the platform on 23 April 2005. "The cool thing about these guys is that they have really really really long trunks," says Karim."
"Neal Mohan, the chief executive of YouTube, says in a statement: "By reconstructing the original 2005 watchpage, we aren't just showing a video; we are inviting the public to step back in time to the beginning of a global, cultural phenomenon." Corinna Gardner, a senior curator of design and digital at the V&A, adds: "This snapshot of YouTube during the early days of web 2.0 marks an important moment in history of the internet and digital design.""
The Victoria and Albert Museum acquired a reconstructed early YouTube watch page and the first uploaded video, "Me at the zoo." The reconstruction reproduces the design and experience of YouTube from 8 December 2006, the oldest documented timestamp, rebuilt over 18 months by the museum's digital conservation team in collaboration with YouTube's user experience team and the London-based studio oio. The 19-second clip, uploaded by co-founder Jawed Karim on 23 April 2005, has amassed hundreds of millions of views and millions of likes. The reconstructed watch page is exhibited at V&A South Kensington with a mini display about the reconstruction process at V&A East Storehouse. The installation is framed as a snapshot of early web 2.0 digital design and a prompt to revisit the platform's cultural origins.
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