Jumping Cats, 2016
The saying goes that curiosity killed the cat, but
then they also say that cats have nine lives.
It is a popular theory amongst catisticians that
the often fatal consequences of feline curiosity
led cats to decide that nine lives would be much
more efficient than one.
This gave them the freedom they so desired, as
well as adequate time to sleep in cramped
spaces, look bemused, sleep on clean piles of
laundry, look apathetic, sleep outside, attack
anything that moves, look disapproving and be
scared of cucumbers.
Once they’d worked out how to put mortality
on ‘paws’, cats were free to attack life with the
gusto, agility, bravery and stupidity that only cats
can. Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek sets out to
document the aerobatic prowess of flying felines
in action, and presents, for the first time, his
fantastic images of Ume, Elli, Flitzie, Nevio and
Fiffy. Now you can enjoy their 1/125 of a second
of fame for your wall.