Re: [microsound] [OT] urination (eno/duchamp)

[Murat Gunes <mgunes@xxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure if it's JJ Xi and Yuan Cai, but rumor has it that when the 
first "urination performance" targeting Duchamp's "Fountain" took place, 
the paint on the surface of the urinal was partially washed away. Thus, 
art critics commented, "Fountain" was not a ready made in the sense we 
know; this was paradoxical and a great conceptual play by Duchamp, since 
work was the very originator of the ready made. This was not the great 
disillusionment however; aware of the potential danger of urination 
performances, it turned out that the museum had kept the "original" urinal 
in safety and exhibited a "clone". None of this is confirmed by anyone, 
just a conceptual urban legend.

Serkan Ozkaya wrote a made up warning letter to the museum where 
"Fountain" is exhibited, stating that he'd had a long and intense 
discussion with an artist friend and that in spite of all his efforts to 
convince him not to do it, this friend had got on his way to the museum in 
an attempt to urinate into the work. "As an art lover who would hate such 
a masterpiece to get damaged by such an inappropriate act", he begged the 
"authorities" to prevent this vandal at any cost.

On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 13:26:40 +0000, ian stewart <artsonics@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

> > eno could'nt come to the exhibit and simply piss in the fountain.
>
> JJ Xi and Yuan Cai did exactly that-

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