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This is one of the greatest things I have ever seen. Much better than the laser cutting of a Picasso. CAH is the OK Go of postmodern satire and have outdone themselves. Really incredible art.

I imagine many people not getting this is the same feeling I had growing up and being dragged to museums.

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I think you are seeing what isn't there. Of course that's the definition of a hole.

"Is there some sort of deeper meaning or purpose to the hole?

No."

Isn't deliberate lack of purpose also a purpose?

"No."

I think the Dada art movement would disagree.

Still, their reply is clear.

"No."

The FAQ stated there wasn't a purpose to the hole. Not that their lack of purpose wasn't purposeful.

Two different things.

I tried digging into this, and got a stack overflow some 10 "no"s in.

It seems you need to manually implement tail recursion.

Of course, "Death of the Author" analysis allows one to disregard the author's intent in a work of art and find one's own meaning! ;)

Its similar to Marcel Duchamps urinal. Its meaning is up to the viewer.

Throwing money at a hole in the ground.

It is much better when the hole throws money at you, instead.

Did they manage to dig through to Soviet Russia?

> CAH is the OK Go of postmodern satire

I think this analogy needs a little unpacking, because I am lost. What are OK Go the OK Go of?

Postmodern satire.

Recursion.

Amazing music videos for mediocre music.

I like the one they did in microgravity:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWGJA9i18Co

Seriously I think thats the best music video I have ever seen. The loop that the girls did in that vid was incredible...

That was amazing - thanks.

It'll never top the KLF burning a million pounds.

It's an advertisement for their card game disguised as postmodern art.

Post postmodern

Postmodern is so passé.

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