Letter from a Cat

Letter from a Cat A digital book made with letters typed by cats

A semi-portfolio fromDa Young Moon Media Environment Course 2017 Hongik IDAS Professor David Hall

During such encoding and decoding, the carrier of the information and the format of the information undergo many transformations.

- from “The Analysis of Animal Communication� by Steven Green Peter Marler

Prompt Cats make sound for human. When they are hungry and they need attention. But these cats have a different way of communications with human. Their motions are recorded through bluetooth keyboard via food scattered on top of it.

These cats’s sonar communication was quite low. Not even once have they meowed to me during this project. But instead, they always gaze into the house waiting for food. So I left a device for them to leave a note before and during their meal time. Then, some letters were written. It is addressed to me. These animals are not home-bread. The writers of these letters are wild street cats living on the terrace of an apartment in Korea.

Background Historically, cats have been associatedw ith witches or dating back to Egyptian era, they were deemed sacred and holy. Cats’ guts are recorded to be used as violin strings.

Lonley people’s characteristics and perferences on pets tend to lean toward cats than dogs as companions. In my conjecture, perhpas in the future with rising loneliness and 1-person households, it will give rise to more cat pets than dogs.

Preperation First, prepare cat and cat house.

Second, prepare computre and keyboard.

Set-up of media

installation of bluetooth keyboard

cat food on bluetooth keyboard

screenshot of typing by cat

A Letter from a Cat 2017.09.22 24 hrs 1 day Via Bluetooth keyboard

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