Marcel Duchamp's Fountain Rotating The Urinal

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My fountain works on the same principals as Marcel Duchamp’s fountain. Marcel Duchamp changed the perspective on the urinal, just by rotating the urinal he saw a fountain. Without rotating the urinal it would still be a urinal. My fountain uses a flashlight pointing on the backside of the box, in a dark room to change the perspective. Without the flash light one can just see cut paper in a box, no big deal. But when the flashlight is turned on the viewer is transported to a starry night with mountains and a tree blowing in the wind. My fountain works on the same idea of Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain rotating the urinal changes the perspective just like the flashlight changes the perspective in my Fountain. Just like the quote used in class without

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