Cory Arcangel - Super Mario Clouds

In Clouds(2002), Cory took an old Super Mario Brothers Nintendo video game and erased everything but the clouds.

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  Film & Animation

[uprooting]

these comments are very sad

[MusoukaMX]

Any work made by men can be considered as art.

This is my favorite definition of art, and why anything from a drawing in the sand to a can full of beans can be considered art. However, the closest thing to objectivity you'll find in this comment is: I like it!

Also, I can see an old man's face (mouth or mustache, you decide) at 3:08, hah!

[changeling1390]

i would like to have the cartridge of this, project it onto my wall and play it forever

[Valargul]

should have been 'man', probably.

[batursi]

My life has now...changed...

[TheNugShow]

What about gorillas or chimps that have their art hung in galleries? I think there's an elephant who paints representational work too. Are they barred from having their work called art?

[NoveltyRedhead]

Any work made by humans, not men. This is why there is such an underrepresentation of women in our art institutions.

[roothands]

Welcome to youtube

[aDinoSupremacist]

This is no different than Warhol's soup can.

[RamadaArtist]

It actually is on an NES cartridge, Arcangel made works like this by directly manipulating the physical cartridges to change the effects of the way the game played. In this case what you're seeing is the start menu screen, but with only the clouds visible. Another piece he made was with a Tetris game where he slowed the game 1/8 (or something) speed to contrast with how the normal "antagonist" in Tetris is the speed of the blocks falling.

[Porxaderp]

This is why nobody respects artists. Bunch of bullshit this is.

[stardust4ever]

Put it on an NES cartridge and sell it!