There are moments in a person's life when it seems as if the stars have formed a perfect alignment and all of the pieces have fallen into place. As if fate has steered a clear and steady path to this one moment of destiny.

For me, it is the Internet Cat Video Film Festival in Minneapolis on 30 August. The ICVFF is part of Open Field, the Walker Art Gallery's summer project, which will see its lawn transformed into a site for cultural events, to share ideas, skills and interests, and enjoy activities such as drawing classes and acoustic campfires. Highlights include an art swap, an 80s night and, of course, the cat film festival.

At a conservative estimate, 80% of the internet is now made up of cat videos. Personally, I'd say that's about 20% too little, but I concede a certain bias. There's Talking Cat, Stalking Cat and OMG Cat, not to mention all of the cats climbing curtains, leaping into boxes and generally looking all whiskery and adorable for the camera.

For its festival, Open Field is asking the public to nominate its very favourite cat videos, with the promise of screening the most-revered. There are some early frontrunners, of course – the feline legends of YouTube who have unwittingly notched up squillions of hits: Nora the Piano Playing Cat, for instance, who displays a predilection for thumping her paws against an upright piano. There is the French tabby who stands upright on his hind legs on the back of his owner's sofa, staring out of the window and occasionally raising a paw, while a strangely exuberant pop soundtrack accompanies all of its glorious 47 seconds.

And the magnificent Keyboard Cat, in which Fatso, a ginger tom from Spokane, Washington, plays an electronic keyboard while wearing a dapper blue shirt, and who became a kind of modern vaudeville hero, appearing in a YouTube montage of famous film scenes and music videos. And not forgetting the woman who devotes her entire eHarmony online dating profile to tearfully proclaiming her love for cats (NB this is not me). "I love cats, I love every kind of cat … sorry, I just really love cats, I just want to hug all of them but I can't because that's crazy! I can't hug every cat!"

There is still a chance that some rogue, lesser-known felines will score a place in the hallowed film festival hall of fame – nominations can be made up until 30 July. I'll see you on the lawn.