The Mat is a Generalization

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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

Chronicler and math critic 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 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.

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