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[[File:Vampire_Welcome_Mat_-_The_Mat_is_a_Generalization.jpg|thumb|Front cover of ''The Mat is a Generaliation'' by Vampire Welcome Mat.]]'''''The Mat is a Generalization''''' is a computational performance program by the goth-influenced mathematical ensemble [[Vampire Welcome Mat]].
[[File:Vampire_Welcome_Mat_-_The_Mat_is_a_Generalization.jpg|thumb|Front cover of ''The Mat is a Generaliation'' by Vampire Welcome Mat.]]'''''The Mat is a Generalization''''' is a computational performance program by the goth-influenced mathematical ensemble [[Vampire Welcome Mat]].


== Tribute to Bela Lugosi ==
== Tribute to Bela Lugosi ==
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== Critical response ==
== Critical response ==


Chronicler and math critic [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]] named Vampire Welcome Mat as his favorite performing mathematical ensemble of 2020, calling the group's computational complex public performances "an extraordinary and heart-felt tribute to the general semantics of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Korzybski Alfred Korzybski]."
Math critic and known fabulist [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]] named [[Vampire Welcome Mat]] as his favorite performing mathematical ensemble of 2020, calling ''The Mat is a Generalization'' "an extraordinary and heart-felt tribute to the general semantics of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Korzybski Alfred Korzybski]."


== Commission ==
== Commission ==


The work was commissioned by math connoisseur and alleged time-traveller [[Niles Cartouchian]] while visiting [[New Minneapolis, Canada]] where most of the ensemble members reside.
The work was commissioned by math connoisseur and alleged time-traveler [[Niles Cartouchian]] while visiting [[New Minneapolis, Canada]], where most of the ensemble members reside.
 
=== Sponsors ===
 
Sponsors for ongoing research into ''The Mat is a Generalization'' include the [[Bela Lugosi Computational Dramaturgy Club]], the [[New Minneapolis, Canada]] Urban Systems Coalescence Group (Performing Arts Subroutine), and the [[Algorithmic Paradigm Treaty Organization]].


== In the News ==
== In the News ==


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File:Sluggo - The map is not the territory.jpg|link=Can artificial intelligence ever fully replicate human creativity?|'''[[Can artificial intelligence ever fully replicate human creativity?]]'''
File:Cite Baudrillard or Die.jpg|link=Cite Baudrillard or Die|'''''[[Cite Baudrillard or Die]]''''' is the debut album by American crossover thrash philosophy group Shatterproof Doom Rest, released in August of [REDACTED].
File:The_Mat_is_a_Generalization_-_Facebook_comment.jpg|[https://www.facebook.com/groups/concellation/permalink/248000322914106/?comment_id=248015222912616 Facebook comment] —  I cosplay Alfred Korzybski's general semantics in Bela Lugosi drag. The image represents my one-vampire stand-up logic routine, "The Mat is a Generalization".
File:The Mat is a Generalization - Facebook comment (2).jpg|[https://www.facebook.com/groups/concellation/permalink/248000322914106/?comment_id=248015222912616&reply_comment_id=248026252911513 Facebook comment (2)] — the Recursion begins ....
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[Algorithmic Paradigm Treaty Organization]]
* [[Bela Lugosi Computational Dramaturgy Club]]
* [[Can artificial intelligence ever fully replicate human creativity?]]
* ''[[Cite Baudrillard or Die]]''
* [[Crimes against mathematical constants]]
* [[Crimes against mathematical constants]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]
* [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]
* [[Reading Dracula's Autobiography]]
* [[Vampire Welcome Mat]]
* [[Vampire Welcome Mat]]


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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Korzybski Alfred Korzybski]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Korzybski Alfred Korzybski]
=== Social media ===
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1713914289705136203 Post] @ Twitter (16 October 2023)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1288270921673986048 Post] @ Twitter (20 July 2020)


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[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Crimes against mathematical constants]]
[[Category:New Minneapolis, Canada]]
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Latest revision as of 07:31, 25 July 2024

Front cover of The Mat is a Generaliation by Vampire Welcome Mat.

The Mat is a Generalization is a computational performance program by the goth-influenced mathematical ensemble Vampire Welcome Mat.

Tribute to Bela Lugosi

The work is a tribute to Bela Lugosi.

Critical response

Math critic and known fabulist Karl Jones named Vampire Welcome Mat as his favorite performing mathematical ensemble of 2020, calling The Mat is a Generalization "an extraordinary and heart-felt tribute to the general semantics of Alfred Korzybski."

Commission

The work was commissioned by math connoisseur and alleged time-traveler Niles Cartouchian while visiting New Minneapolis, Canada, where most of the ensemble members reside.

Sponsors

Sponsors for ongoing research into The Mat is a Generalization include the Bela Lugosi Computational Dramaturgy Club, the New Minneapolis, Canada Urban Systems Coalescence Group (Performing Arts Subroutine), and the Algorithmic Paradigm Treaty Organization.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

Social media

  • Post @ Twitter (16 October 2023)
  • Post @ Twitter (20 July 2020)
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