Cory's classical cats

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Published online 9 Nov 09

Kitty tickling the ivories

Perhaps the biggest recent online phenomenon is cats playing on pianos, most notably the famous Keyboard Cat who performs a little ditty when someone fails miserably at something. Leave it to new media maestro Cory Arcangel to take this trend and turn it to art, with a new video of different kitties tickling the ivories, all spliced together to recreate Arnold Schoenberg’s modernist arrangement Drei Klavierstucke, Op.11. The work is on display in his solo show at the Netherlands Media Art Institute in Amsterdam (until 14 November), but the video can also be viewed online at www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF6IBWTDgnI”>YouTube. Bravissimo!