The Mat is a Generalization
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 Arts Governance Subroutine of the New Minneapolis Canada Urban Systems Coalescence Group, and the Algorithmic Paradigm Treaty Organization.
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
- Bela Lugosi Computational Dramaturgy Club
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- New Minneapolis, Canada
- Vampire Welcome Mat