This outstanding program presents Marcel Duchamp and his controversial oeuvre. Representative works, culled from every period of his life, bring together sketches, paintings, readymades, kinetic art, optical discs, sculpture, and his posthumous installation, Etant Donnés: 1. La Chute d’Eau 2. Le Gaz d’Eclairage. Clips from an interview filmed the year before Duchamp’s death, location footage of significant places from his past, and archival photographs provide additional insights into an enigmatic artist whose every creation displays an intriguing blend of banality and provocation. Not available in French-speaking Canada. (27 minutes)