As Brendan says, the second installment of the Motel performance/art series is on.

Last Sunday I caught Thike Thin’s (Mike Min’s) performance Herding Cats, which was coincidental, since I was fresh from my first-ever visit to the Woodland Zoo, with its smashing jaguar and ocelot, when I drove up 99 to the secret location (call 206-782-8872 to find out where it is). (The name of the location is another animal reference, oddly.)

What I saw when I got there was the detritus of a meeting of cats plotting world domination. Evidently, according to videos from the performance, this meeting at one point was chaired by the artist. He presided over the group of cats as they plotted and ate snacks.

When I got there, the meeting appeared to be on break. Sheets of paper describing goals and strategies were taped to the walls. It looked like a very productive time.

Under the conference table smack in the center of the room, a fuzzy, petite black cat sat in the upright position. Judging from the Humane Society placards in the window, her name was Ginger. There were other placards describing other cats, but I didn’t see any of them. (I imagined, hopefully, that they’d been adopted right out from under the performance.)

The window was open slightly, so I tried talking to Ginger. She did not respond.