The Mat is a Generalization

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-traveller 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.

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Fiction cross-reference

• Algorithmic Paradigm Treaty Organization
• Bela Lugosi Computational Dramaturgy Club
• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• New Minneapolis, Canada
• Vampire Welcome Mat

External links

• Alfred Korzybski