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Context above the object (§1.3.4)

Duchamp's Fountain (1917), named the Ur-Sacrament: the founding proof that placing context above the object is itself the artwork. The wall text is the liturgy.

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MechanismOperative Term The ConceptOperative Term The First LiturgyDoctrine Concept The Wall TextDoctrine Concept

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