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Pinot competes with Beyonce in annual social media awards
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Pinot is the only Indonesian influencer nominated in the ninth Annual Shorty Awards. (Pinot's official Twitter/File)
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stop-motion video entitled How to Stop Time by Indonesian animator-slash-Vine star Wahyu Ichwandardi, popularly known as Pinot, has been nominated in the Instagram of the Year category of the ninth Annual Shorty Awards.
Shorty Awards is dedicated to the best of social media by recognizing influencers on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, Vine and more.
Other nominees in the category include Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez and Kim Kardashian. Pinot was the only Indonesian influencer nominated in the competition. Prior to this, Pinot won Vineographer awards at the Shorty Awards 2014.
(Read also: Artful adventures with Pinot and Dita’s Neverland Family)
On his Twitter account @pinotski, the artist asked his followers to vote for him. He promised that if he comes out as winner, he will go up on stage wearing traditional Javanese attire, lurik (striped woven fabric) and blangkon (Javanese head cloth) during the awards ceremony, which is slated to take place in New York, United States, in April.
Kembali bawa Indonesia di ajang negeri orang. Mohon votenya biar gue bisa pake lurik & blangkon di panggung bule https://t.co/cGF63p3DzH
— Pinot (@pinotski) January 17, 2017
Those who are keen to vote for Pinot can log on to the awards' official website and register their Facebook account or email address.
In addition to stop-motion videos, Pinot has also produced an "Om Telolet Om" meme and the parody of local movie Ada Apa Dengan Cinta 2 (What's Up with Cinta). He told The Jakarta Post via email that he was happy to create videos for social media users since the expectation was not as high as working with clients. (kes)
