Yuri told me one of his last projects was to teach his cat the history of Europe. When I asked what the outcome of the teaching was, he said "Difficult to assess." He likes the raccoons around here because they remind him of his cat. I think raccoons are like rats with little hands. Yuri showed me a book called Russian Conceptual Art that had photos of his installation in it. He said he was part of the Russian Conceptual Art Mafia. When I asked what he was going to see when he was in New York for the week, he said he was trying to get tickets to Cats.