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Experience and Response

Funnily enough, I wasn't exactly struck by this piece when I first happened to look at it. My first impression of the piece was that it was just random cat videos that didn't make any sense, and my girlfriend with me dismissed it as "modern art that we won't understand." However, when I happened to read the description, which explained that the artwork was actually the composition Drei Klaierstucke op 11 by Arnold Schoenberg recreated through cat videos, I realized how complex the project really was. It reminded me of the idea about "if you give a monkey a typewriter and an infinite amount of time, it will recreate the entire works of Shakespeare." Between all of these videos, there were enough unique keys hit by the cats that Arcangel could actually recreate a famous composition. Not only that, but enough of these videos (of cats stepping on piano keys, a rather specific subject for a video) are also readily available on the internet, which I think highlights just how easy it is for people to create and share their own content nowadays.


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