During this work, I taught my cat the history of Europe. Since animals still do not understand human language, I made “teaching aids” that the cat would presumably be able to perceive − various blankets, capes, fences, houses, cat toys, and cat litter boxes made according to the contours of historical maps and diagrams. Moreover, it was assumed that as the cat mastered knowledge about the history of Europe, the acoustics of its purring would somehow begin to change. Therefore, throughout the entire learning process, − which lasted about a month, − the cat’s purring was constantly recorded and presented in the form of spectral graphs (so-called sonograms). The question of whether any changes manifested there remained open. However, it is curious that these sonograms, with their contours, resembled some kind of abstract graphics. Thus, the cat’s role in this project was reduced to a kind of alchemical apparatus that consumes one type of abstract contours (historical maps) and through itself, through its purring, translates them into another, equally abstract and meaningless..[1]
[1] Leiderman Yu. Teaching a Cat the History of Europe [Electronic resource] // Moscow Conceptualism – Access mode to the resource: http://www.conceptualism-moscow.org/page?id=972Comment type: Published comment
Author: Yuriy Leiderman
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Leiderman Yu. Teaching a Cat the History of Europe [Electronic resource] // Moscow Conceptualism – Access mode to the resource: http://www.conceptualism-moscow.org/page?id=972
