A sculpture based on a LOLcat meme, known as “Half Cat,” “Panorama Fail Cat,” or “Sinko Peso.” The sculpture is installed directly on the museum floor, without pedestals or ropes, so that when photographed it appears to be walking.
Installed at Frankfurter Kunstverein.
In the original image, a cat with two legs and no ears appears to walk down a street. Since its first appearance in 2010, it has been used in a variety of memes.
The image was initially believed to be the result of a technological error—such as a Google Street View glitch or a failed panorama—until users tracked down the original photograph of the cat walking along a street in Ottawa, Canada.
In reality, the image was not a glitch but a deliberate, human-made edit designed to mimic a machine error, suggesting that an apparent accidental technological failure was more compelling than a carefully executed Photoshop alteration.