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DEVIL
CAT
multimedia
installation
2001
"Projected onto a corner wall and floor, Scott Roberts’ Devil
Cat (2001) is a dark-humored installation whose three-dimensional
illusion coalesces only when viewed from the proper angle. The rendering
of its black-and-white feline protagonist—a weird cross-sampling
of Felix the Cat, Batman, and Calvin and Hobbes’ “Stupendous
Man”—recalls the stark, spotlit look of early cartoons. Pacing
in a circle like a prisoner, this stylized character is trapped between
representation and reality, present and past; the 3-D projection of what
should be a flat cartoon image onto real room architecture renders it
strangely visceral. Heightening this limbo-effect is the audio track,
simulating the loud, metronomic clopping of the cat’s feet “on”
the floor—in waltz meter, no less."
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Barry Blinderman, "Out on a Phantom Limb" from "The eShow"
catalogue
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