Composer of the MEOW-manifesto[A CAT SLEEVE EXHIBITION]
MEOW 001: A MANIFESTO1. MEOW 001 (sounds like: ‘miauw 001’) is the catalogue number of the first release on the American electronica recordlabel Tigerbeat6, run by pioneer (and cat obsessed person) KID 606.
2. To be part of a MEOW 001-exhibition, there are some strict rules:
a) A cat needs to be depicted on the front (!) of a
record/CD.
b) The image of the cat can be a photograph, animated,
painted or drawn.
c) Tigers and lions (although part of the feline-
family) are not allowed in the exhibition.
d) An artist his/her name like for example Cat Power,
Pussy Galore or Felix Da House Cat is not enough to
be part of a MEOW-exhibition. Rules a) and b) do
have to apply.
e) The music itself is not important. It’s about the
sleeve (exception: see ‘the ultimate cat album’)
f) The only exceptions that are allowed in the MEOW-
manifesto are:
• Logos of independent labels that refer to cats
(Fat Cat, Asthmatic Kitty, Pussyfoot,…)
• Small details in inlays, on the cd, in a booklet,
on the back of the sleeve that show the love for
cats from the artist.
• Logos and details shall only be a small minority
of the exhibition.
3. A MEOW-exhibition should be presented in categories (Lucky Cat-sleeves, jazz albums with jazz cats, ‘the ultimate cat albums’,…) to prove the seriousness of a MEOW-exhibition.
4. In 2000, Herbert wrote a manifesto, the ‘Personal Contract for the Composition Of Music (PCCOM)’, rules which have defined his compositional methods ever since. Like Herbert’s manifesto, the MEOW-MANIFESTO may add rules in future times.
5.Since a cat has only nine lives, MEOW 001 implodes at MEOW 009.
