Cory Arcangel - Super Mario Clouds

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

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• super
• mario
• brothers
• video
• art
• experimental
• clouds
• cory
• arcangel

[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!

[uprooting]

these comments are very sad

[stardust4ever]

Put it on an NES cartridge and sell it!

[flakyfred]

erasing everything but the clouds AND the background

[rumpledd]

As I view Super Mario Clouds, I cannot help but stand mesmerized at the sheer brilliance of deleting most of Super Mario Bros.'s assets and leaving clouds. It truly is a breath-taking work of art.

tl;dr: wut?

[phisean]

@MusoukaMX Naw that's kitch, it's just recontexualised junk. The clouds are already art since they were designed by a background artist. Taking them out of the context of the game is supposed to make us reconsider the value, this artwork is made from a mass produced medium but in of itself it is a unique piece therefore it has much more value,economics applied to art.. However, the piece is conceptual art - it's pop art and 50 years old therefore not unique conceptually and valueless as art.

[davkrnk]

@runsvoodoodown

yeah, thats what i wanted. thats why i had to youtube it to find the name of the artist, lol

[kaiman99919]

thankyou!!!!! this is such good stock footage!!!

[fotcaaron]

this is shyte



[Sh3llshock361]

Saw the article in The New Yorker a while back. This is really cool and nostalgic to me. Very relaxing as well.

[runsvoodoodown]

someone make this into a screensaver for me