The Case of Marcel Duchamp - ACE145.4

Voice of Duchamp talking about Cartesian thinking, as well as Raymond Roussel’s Impressions d’Afrique (1910). Holmes describes Roussel’s life and work, and Duchamp’s reaction to the stage version of Impressions of Africa. Dramatised scenes from the play. Holmes describes one of Roussel’s methods, using peculiar word combinations and designing strange contraptions to fit the results (Toby gives examples), and explains the plot of Impressions of Africa. More of the play, one of the devices in which is an automatic painting machine.