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Readymade Daily

Studio of Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp (1913)

You have to approach the thing with an indifference, as if you had no aesthetic emotion. – Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp’s invention of the readymade changed the course of twentieth century art. Investigating the question of whether it is possible to make a work that is not a work of art led him to select ordinary, industrially manufactured objects and to present them as works of art. One of the most important moments was the selection of the object. It was to happen with complete indifference, completely avoiding the influence of “taste.”

On the occasion of Duchamp’s birthday (28 July 1887), DIGITALSOULS.COM presents a selection of digital readymades, selected with complete indifference by the random file function offered by Wikimedia. A new “digital readymade” is selected with Wikimedia’s random file function for each day, starting July 28, 2021., for as long as it is amusing. We may apply some selections or modifications to the original item, but a link to the original file is a random selection, perhaps with a Wikimedia bias in terms of available files and image topics, but no taste for sure.

 

Gallery

The choice of readymades is always based on visual indifference and, at the same time, on the total absence of good or bad taste. – Marcel Duchamp

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062722 - 12th_Duke_of_Osuna_signature
1280px_Bandera_de_Mélida.svg
062622 - Bandera_de_Mélida.svg
SONY DSC
062522 - Windsor__Eaton_Central_station
1280px-Macau_Museum_(14230323090)
062422 - Macau_Museum_(14230323090)
KUL0016
062322 - KUL0016
1280px_Krajobraz_-_panoramio_(14)
062222 - Krajobraz_-_panoramio
686px-Jacques_Bellange,_The_Virgin_and_Child_with_a_Rose,_c._1616-1617,_NGA_47213
062122 - Jacques_Bellange,_The_Virgin_and_Child_with_a_Rose,_c._1616-1617
699px-Cosmographia_(Sebastian_Münster)_768
062022 - Cosmographia_(Sebastian_Münster)_768
Blender_2.60-splash
061922 - Blender_2.60-splash
670px-Bauhinia_aculeata_Bauhinia_caule_aculeato._Hort._Cliff._156._sp._1_(titel_op_object),_RP-P-OB-61.491
061822 - Bauhinia_aculeata_Bauhinia_caule_aculeato
Interieur,_overzicht_vergader-_en_dinerruimte_-_Amsterdam_-_20354722_-_RCE
061722 - Interieur,_overzicht_vergader-_en_dinerruimte_-_Amsterdam
1280px_ISS064-E-18661_-_View_of_Earth
061622 - ISS064-E-18661_-_View_of_Earth
1280px-Padlock_and_key_MET_DP-13615-073
061522 - Padlock_and_key_MET_DP-13615-073
1280px-Minatogawa-jinja_kusumoto_inari
061422 - Minatogawa-jinja_kusumoto_inari
The_Heir_of_Redclyffe_(IA_heirredclyffe03yonggoog).pdf
061322 - The_Heir_of_Redclyffe
1280px_Techies_of_the_India_Linux_Users'_Group_(Goa)_at_the_ECAP_(Exhibition_of_Computers_and_Allied_Products)_exhibition_at_Panjim,_Goa,_in_2006._3
061222 - Techies_of_the_India_Linux_Users'_Group_(Goa)
1280px-Lynda_Thalie,_Montreal_2013-06-16_-_109
061122 - Lynda_Thalie,_Montreal_2013-06-16
1280px_Stadtfriedhof,_Östliche_Gruftkapellen_Ansbach_20220106_0487
061022 - Stadtfriedhof,_Östliche_Gruftkapellen_Ansbach_20
N214
060922 - N214
1280px_ISS020-E-43094_-_View_of_Earth
060822 - ISS020-E-43094_-_View_of_Earth
1024px_Northwestern_University_Library_Ukrainian_Flag_Colors_April_7_2022-9369
060722 - Northwestern_University_Library_Ukrainian_Flag_Colors_April_7_2022
1280px-Липинського_вул._(Львів)-3
060622 - Липинського_вул._(Львів)
Hauptachsentransformation1
060522 - Hauptachsentransformation
682px_ISS053-E-254273_-_View_of_Earth
060422 - ISS053-E-254273_-_View_of_Earth
C._F._Nitsche_jr.,_Pelz-Nitsche,_Frankfurt_am_Main,_Pelzkarton_(1)
060322 - C._F._Nitsche_jr.,_Pelz-Nitsche,_Frankfurt_am_Main,_Pelzkarton
1280px_Rust4
060222 - Rust4
1280px-J29_988_Bf_Chemnitz_Hbf,_ET_416,_0690_439
060122 - Bf_Chemnitz_Hbf
1280px-Damage_Nappanee
053122 - Damage_Nappanee
Les_origines_du_Sénat_romain;_recherches_sur_la_reformation_et_la_dissolution_du_Sénat_patricien_(IA_lesoriginesdusna00bloc).pdf
053022 - Les_origines_du_Sénat_romain;_recherches_sur_la_reformation
768px-Alegorická_socha_Září.
052922 - Alegorická_socha_Září.
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“Digital readymades” have been rapidly accepted as common forms of artworks in recent new media art. Well known examples are  works that present collections of Google Street View imagery and other online scavenger works.

For more on digital readymades, please take a look at my new book generation/mutation: from crowdsourced to ai-sourced new media art, where I talk about the role of digital readymades in contemporary new media art.

 

1 thought on “Readymade Daily

  1. Interesting post and project! Thanks for sharing

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