Artist's Catcopter Causes a Stir

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Artist's Catcopter Causes a Stir

Posted by samzenpus on Monday June 4, 2012 @06:56AM from the poor-tatse dept.

derekmead writes "I'm not sure that Dutch artist Bart Jansen had political commentary in mind when he created the Orvillecopter — combining a stuffed cat with a quadrotor, and naming it after Orville Wright — but indeed it's art, whose meaning will lie in the eye of the beholder. And for those that say stitching up a dead animal around the guts of a helicopter and flying it around is 'sick,' what of the massive drone industry, which, more than just producing a symbol, actually is creating flying death?"

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Leather belt/jacket/shoes by br0ked · 2012-06-04 07:00 · Score: 5, Funny

So of the people that are complaining, how many wear a leather belt, jacket or shoes?? For the record I think this is pretty cool and hope when I did they make me into a drone and fly me over all of my ex's houses on a regular basis....
1. Re:Leather belt/jacket/shoes by Anonymous Coward · 2012-06-04 07:21 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I think it's tasteless to use a cat because I think they are cute. He can do whatever he likes, I just think it is crass. I would have used a dog, and probably would have upset dog lovers. They would also have the right to complain and try to stop me.
  Hear, hear. I think it's cute to use a cat because the taxidermist did a good enough job in making it, well, smile as it flies towards you. I think it's hilarious, and when my cat's time comes, I'll likely choose to immortalize her thus.
2. Re:Leather belt/jacket/shoes by cpu6502 · 2012-06-04 07:31 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  >>>So what confuses you here?
  Some politician somewhere will try to outlaw the stuffing of cats. (And then go stuff dead cow flesh into his mouth while he walks-round in dead cow skin.) It is confusing why some animals are protected & their killing outlawed, while other animals get murdered in the billions.
  
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I can't decide... by eagee · 2012-06-04 07:01 · Score: 3, Funny

Is cat-copter adorable, or disturbing?
1. Re:I can't decide... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-06-04 07:23 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Extermely disturbing to birds. To cats, the stuff of dreams.
2. Re:I can't decide... by darkshadow88 · 2012-06-04 08:23 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  If one cannot give a corpse a higher purpose, then it's best to leave it alone.
  The catcopter does give the corpse a higher purpose--about 5 feet in the picture and probably much higher if taken outside.
3. Re:I can't decide... by HapSlappy_2222 · 2012-06-04 09:51 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I think "adorasturbing" would be if a regular old cat crashed into a regular old copter, and this abomination happened. At best, this is only awwwstonishing.
Time to update the book by operagost · 2012-06-04 07:01 · Score: 5, Funny

I guess there are now 102 uses for a dead cat.

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Re:Ceiling cat is watching you first post. by CanHasDIY · 2012-06-04 07:09 · Score: 5, Funny

A flying zombie kitty? Does it spew guns from it's mouth while giving out helpful life advice?
No, but it does have a rainbow streamer and a really, really annoying theme song.

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Hilarious by ifrag · 2012-06-04 07:09 · Score: 4, Funny

Almost had to LOL just looking at the pictures. This idea is great, he should make an entire series of dead animal RC vehicles. And then have some kind of epic death match crashing them into each other.

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"disrespectful to life?" by Medievalist · 2012-06-04 07:14 · Score: 1, Funny

You have to be kidding me.
Or was that an ironic take on the gay marriage debate? Please say yes.
Missed opportunity by Anonymous Coward · 2012-06-04 07:17 · Score: 3, Funny

I know he was going for tying in the outrage of the cat with the flying drone thing, but he missed a brilliant opportunity to use a small pig instead.
What I really want to do... by judoguy · 2012-06-04 07:20 · Score: 5, Funny

... is fly this thing around, meaning above, a dog kennel. Every dog who has terrorized a cat will panic big time. The rest will go nuts trying to leap up high enough to get the damn flying kittie.

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Sorry, it has to be asked by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · 2012-06-04 07:25 · Score: 5, Funny

I CAN HAS LANDING CLEERANS?
no, not funny at all, in any manner by Thud457 · 2012-06-04 07:27 · Score: 4, Funny

dear god help me, there's a guy running a leafblower outside my office while I look at those damn pictures!

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Now We Know... by 3seas · 2012-06-04 07:36 · Score: 4, Funny

...what happened to Schrodinger's cat
Re:art? by Nadaka · 2012-06-04 08:04 · Score: 4, Funny

The only thing in the eye of the beholder is charm, death, fear, telekinesis, serious wounds, and anti-magic.
Re:art? by sdguero · 2012-06-04 08:45 · Score: 1, Funny

Monkey balls. EOM