This year I came across a channel on kick.com that was focused on restreaming and archiving the livestreams they watched. LiveStreamTV, or LSTV as it is sometimes referred to, was created by JUANTHEPIGEON to record livestreams that could be lost forever. As livestreams are only available to be rewatched after 4 weeks on the kick.com website, the entire recording collection LSTV produced were placed on other streaming sites such as YouTube and Rumble to preserve the streams they watched which also acted as a potential archive.
The clips they created were not part of that collection. From 12th February 2025 until 4th November, LSTV created thousands of clips from the IRL [In Real Life] livestreams they watched. The total number of clips hasn’t been confirmed but they believe the total is approximately 10,000. The equates to 1,000 clips per month. The LSTV channel was run for 24 hours seven days a week and was run remotely by two individuals: Ignore_Me and JUANTHEPIGEON. JUANTHEPIGEON enabled LSTV to be run entirely by the very people who watched and supported the channel. through The commands that would be typed into the live chat would then change the channel. This created a level of chat engagement rarely seen on livestreaming sites. LSTV was ahead of its time.
I became fascinated by their devotion and motivation they showed for their project and I reached out to LSTV to archive their entire clip collection. I was interested in recreating the dedication they gave to their project. By documenting all of their clips, 10,000 of them, would hopefully convey this type of dedication to a project. For me, the clips they made created a portrait of an IRL streamer trying to make it as a content creator and the obstacles they go through to try and entertain their audience while simultaneously adopting IRL livestreaming as part of their daily lifestyle. So, the clips may appear to be mundane but they presented themselves as a primary source of the first-hand experiences of an I.R.L livestreamer and the clipper.
The clipper who documented a moment within a livestream into a 1-minute clip acts as an archivist. Their continued effort to collect these moments adds a welcomed complexity when viewing the clips.
The 10,000 clip project will be an ongoing and lengthy archiving project. I wll be sure to update you on the progress throughout.
Friick 