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the army of luck or the global pursuit of happiness
Bookmarked 758 weeks ago the maneki neko jap literally beckoning cat aka lucky cat money cat is a common japanese figurine which is believed to bring luck attract customers and bring prosperity the lucky cat waves with the raised left paw and holds a historic coin in front of itself with the right one the lucky cat as talisman and selling product is wide-spread in asia and meanwhile almost all over the world luck is associated here with monetary and material prosperity as talisman it is spread all over asian countries for tourists the lucky cat became a kind of pop style manga character which appears in growing numbers in western private households as kitschy-petite like exotic souvenir it refers to a certain idea of western lifestyle the material element of the installationthe global pursuit of happiness or: the army of luck is the lucky cats039 matrix it contains 520 shiny golden xxl lucky cats made of plastics which are arranged in 40 rows and 13 columns on a ramp-like stand made of aluminum w 8 m h 3 m d 2 m visitors experience the lucky cats039 matrix as a dot-matrix display which consists of 520 waving paw grid points as its pixels in each cat a servomotor is built in to control the paws move exactly in position and speed the visitors are requested imaginarily by the cats to interact as users: quotyour concept of happiness is our lucky command write it on the keyboardquot words and sentences up to 40 characters can be put in and are displayed clearly visible with the paws letter by letter as sliding text marquee so to say the users choreograph the lucky cats performance wordwise literally it is the inscription of an idea of happiness or a wish in the lucky cats039 bodies by moving their paws forward and backward for users the lucky cats become multiplied avatars in the world of chance and happiness but the lucky cats are also able to perform spontaneously as well: they can show 25 different salutatory and signalizing gestures as well as mass movements like the mexican wave or an ecstatic hyperkinesis every displayed sentence triggers audio events sound samples of mass or group events like entertainment shows political speeches demonstrations sport events parades accidents etc from the beginning of the last century until today the sounds express auditorily different states of mind like joy euphoria desire fear hate aggression and resignation astonishment outrage pain panic desperation and fanatical excitement the sounds are played in random order and unpredictable combinations different contexts and changing settings are emerging are the lucky cats one-armed bandits or is it a gesture in the context of a political or religious movement is it a just a happy waving of the fun-loving hedonistic society or is the assembly of lucky cats a revolutionary deployment of wish machines as army of luck or is it just another marketing campaign the lined up gold-reflecting mass of the lucky cats in the matrix appears almost as an insubstantially copy-paste-animation the lucky cats in the matrix as an industrial made product become an ornament of the masses for repetetive-stererotype and globalized-industrialized ideals do we need more and more lucky cats to generate more and more prosperity for more and more people boris petrovsky 2012 wwwpetrovskyde video and post production: nina martens wwwstereomorphnet |
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fortune cat maneki neko - furball fables
Bookmarked 779 weeks ago 11-11-11 fortune cat maneki neko - furball fablesthe furball kirries take money matters into their own paws and go on an adventure when the hear there is no money for cat foodthese tough economic times are hitting everyone even kitty cats bank woes got you down call fortune cat please share your story in the commentsfurball fableshttp:wwwyoutubecomfurballfablesfurball pet friendshttp:wwwyoutubecomfurballpetfriendstwitterhttps:twittercomfurballcatsfacebookhttp:wwwfacebookcomprofilephpid=100001827221250who is fortune cat maneki neko is the subject of a number of legends the maneki neko literally quotbeckoning catquot also known as welcoming cat lucky cat cat swipe money cat or fortune cat is seen now a days as japanese sculpture which is believed to bring good luck to the owner the sculpture shows a cat traditionally a calico japanese bobtail beckoning with an upright paw and is usually displayedmany times at the entrancein shops restaurants and other businesses maneki neko can be found with either the right or left paw raised and sometimes both the significance of the right and left raised paw differs with time and place the most common belief is that the left paw raised brings in customers while a right paw brings good luck and wealth although some believe the opposite still others say that a left paw raised is best for drinking establishments the right paw for other stores here are three of the most popular legends explaining the cat039s origins:the temple cat: this story goes that a wealthy feudal lord was taking shelter under a tree near gotoku-ji temple in western tokyo during a thunderstorm the lord saw the temple priest039s cat beckoning to him and followed a moment later the tree was struck by lightning the wealthy man became friends with the poor priest and the temple became prosperous when the cat died supposedly the first maneki neko was made in his honorthe courtesan: a geisha named usugumo living in yoshiwara in eastern tokyo kept a cat much beloved by her one night the cat began tugging at her kimono no matter what she did the cat persisted the owner of the brothel saw this and believing the cat bewitched cut its head off the cat039s head then flew to the ceiling where it killed a snake ready at any moment to strike usugumo was devastated by the death of her companion to cheer her up one of her customers made her a wooden likeness of her cat as a gift this cat image then became popular as the maneki nekothe old woman: an old woman living in imado eastern tokyo was forced to sell her cat due to extreme poverty soon afterwards the cat appeared to her in a dream the cat told her to make its image in clay she did as instructed and soon afterward sold the statue she then made more and people bought them as well they were so popular she soon became prosperous and wealthyreprinted legends about maneki neko source - wikipediamusicchee zee jungleghost processional - alternatepop goes the weaselnight of owlishikari loremiris magic danceartist - kevin macleodhttp:incompetechcomcreative commons licensefurball fables quotfurball fablesquot cat cats kitty kitties funny cute quotfortune catquot quotmaneki nekoquot magic good luck |
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