Internet Cats At New York Museum, Museum Of The Moving Image Exhibit Opens In August (VIDEO, PHOTOS, TWEETS)

The Museum of the Moving Image in New York will host a major new exhibition featuring internet cats, titled "How Cats Took Over the Internet," from Aug. 7 to Jan. 31.

The exhibition will take "a critical look at a deceptively frivolous phenomenon," examining how popular phenomena "transfixed a generation of web users", The Telegraph reported. The exhibit will feature the online phenomena of cat hashtags, memes, lolcats and celebrity cats such as Grumpy Cat, Keyboard Cat, cartoon cat Pusheen, 'Lil Bub and others.

It will also touch on "anthropomorphism, the aesthetics of cuteness, the Bored at Work Network, and the rise of user-generated content."

Lulu Chang said that the six-month exhibit will "be a crowd-pleaser no matter what your interests are (even if they only marginally include cats)," Digital Trends reported.

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person in possession of an internet connection must be in want of a cat to look at," said David Ehrlich, according to Time Out. "This is sure to be a very cerebral exploration of the digital dynamic between human and cat, so only those with a serious cultural interest in the matter need attend." During the exhibit, there will be a constant loop of "significant cat videos" at the Video Screening Amphitheatre.

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