Apropos of “Duchamp Tourism”

 

IN 2007 I HAD THE HAPPY IDEA TO FASTEN AN OBSESSION TO GOING ON HOLIDAY

AND WATCH IT GROW.

A FEW MONTHS LATER I FOUND MYSELF IN ROUEN, A DUCHAMPIAN

LANDSCAPE, PHARMACY INCLUDED, WHICH IS FOREVER MORE ON MY HORIZON.

IN HERNE BAY IN 2013 I BOUGHT AT A SOUVENIR STORE A SNOW STORM ON

WHICH I CONTEMPLATED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MY COLLECTION, TRAVEL

AND DUCHAMP.

IT WAS AROUND THAT TIME THAT THE WORDS “DUCHAMP TOURISM” CAME TO

MIND TO DESIGNATE THIS MANIFESTATION.

A POINT WHICH I WANT VERY MUCH TO ESTABLISH IS THAT THE CHOICE OF

“DUCHAMP TOURISM” WAS NEVER DICATED BY ACADEMIC DELECTATION.

THIS CHOICE WAS BASED ON A REACTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDIFFERENCE

WITH AT THE SAME TIME A TOTAL ABSENCE OF GOOD OR BAD TASTE ... IN FACT A

COMPLETE LOVE.

ONE IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTIC WAS THE OBSESSION WITH RECORDING THE

“DUCHAMP TOURISM” ACTIVITIES.

THAT DOCUMENTATION INSTEAD OF DESCRIBING THE HOLIDAY LIKE A TITLE

WAS MEANT TO CARRY THE MIND OF THE SPECTATOR TOWARDS OTHER REGIONS MORE CONCEPTUAL.​