Look! World's Biggest Cat Scratcher!

Although this is art, we mean no disrespect when we say that it might do well as a playhouse for felines. All that corrugated cardboard would get a workout if you gave a cat 5 minutes with it, since it is essentially a giant scratching post:

This sculpture(Rip Curl Canyon as it's called) is about 2 years old so you can't go see it presently. But when installed, the 4000 sheets of precision-cut cardboard created an inhabitable, rolling landscape that went from the gallery's floor to its ceiling.

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my cat Roger would go BONKERS loving this thing! someone has GOT to make a kitty playpen with pieces this large in it. that would be so great for city kitties who don't have room to really play in.

posted by *heather leaf* on September 4th 2008 at 4:44pm
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Looks like very large dog chews to me :-)

posted by poptart on September 4th 2008 at 4:49pm
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Rather than a playhouse for felines, it was a playhouse for college students. It was an installation in the Rice University Art Gallery in about 2006 and, in person at least, was quite amazing.

posted by thelonius on September 4th 2008 at 7:05pm
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Care to credit the artist anyone????

posted by piez on September 5th 2008 at 7:44am
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