Art Game: Douglas Edric Stanley's "Nyan Cat Therapy" (2011)

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"Inspired by the Ludovico Treatment for moral reform, Nyan Cat Therapy uses a camera-enabled Macintosh to fully couple the human gaze to the rainbow-riding Nyan Cat. In order to maximize the full effect, subjects are required to download, decompress and exectute the accompagnying application and position themselves face-forward before their computer. Upon detection of a sustained human gaze, the Nyan Cat Therapy software will activate the enigmatic cat." (Douglas Edric Stanley)

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Submitted by Matteo Bittanti

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