Fresh Widow 3000 / Letters to FW3K

Letters to Fresh Widow 3000

Below are some of the email messages received by Fresh Widow 3000.

Who is (was) "R. Mutt?"

I am studying marcel duchamp at school, but it is not clear whren u talk about the urinal whether he presented it as some on else or it was this certain richard mutt!
sorry, to bother u! Please could u make this point more clear on the website! Also, may i sujest you make a search system so u can type in a name of a work of art and it comes up on the screen? or perhaps a list of all the art you hav by Duchamp?
- emma

Well, uhhh, let me think......NO (to all). But next time please at least enter your email address on the form you submitted (http://www.freshwidow.com/message.html) because if you don't I cant't reply to you 'cuz I don't know how to contact you. Due to technical reasons I won't get into here, I do not automatically get your email address when you use the email form at http://www.freshwidow.com/message.html. So if you want me to reply you must provide a return email address.
- Tim K

Words to the Whys?

Dizzy Ziddy The unknown unpredicted composition lies beneath a chaotic sense of modern industrial eagerness.
- Kuangfu Tien

Bwanachafungatumbo...
- Tim K

Sound Advice

First of all -- thank you thank you. I use the Armory Show 1913 in my Intro to Poetry and Drama class here at Stephen F. Austin State Univ. The info on Duchamp is wonderful. I use the exhibition and Pound's work on Chinese Poetry (via Ernest Fenellosa) as THE major influences on US poetry as we know it.
PROBLEM: I tried downloading your wav file several times. My system refuses to play it and tells me it is not a "recognized" "wav" file. I tried several players. Sorry.
Anyway. Many thanks for your fine site.
-Best,
Dr. Lee Schultz
Dept. of English
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches, TX

Thank you for your comments, they are very much appreciated. As far as your problem with the audio files, please try the .au versions if you are using an ibm type pc. The .wav files are for mac users. I have provided 3 different formats, .au, .aiff and .wav, for most of the audio files in the site. There are also a few RealAudio files, but those are in the Fresh Widow Music section. For those you must have the RealPlayer. (This link is for the free version, you may also order the deluxe version for around $30.00.)
-Tim K

Quality Noise

So incredible to see quality Duchamp on the web. I'll check out anything related to the man and the artist, but this was especially special. Oh! to actually hear the hidden noise (.au)...
- Christopher

I am not a geek!

I was curious about your web page design. Do you do the installation of the pages or do you do the design and then hand it over to a computer geek. The computer geek in me wants to know. Thanks.
- Billie Hudspeth

I do everything on the site, with the exception of CGI.
-Tim K

What is Cool?

Duchamp encounter is cool. If you know of any good Dada links please email them to me. Thanks alot.
- Paul, student of Theatre Design

Please see the "Readymade Duchamp Links" page in the "Encounter with Duchamp" section of FW3K.
- Tim K

Hard Day at the Office

glad to find marcel on the web. gotta go -- boss is coming.
- stewart

Keep up the good work...you deserve a raise!
-Tim K

Bong Hit!

I've always been a fan of Duchamp it's nice to know this site great site!
- bong segovia

(coughing)
-Tim K

If I could I would...

It would be a great thing to have all of Duchamp's work online for people to see and study. Are you planning on doing something like this? It would be a great service.
- John Sheridan

My site has evolved out of my personal interest in Duchamp. I found his approach to "art" extremely influential on my attempts at decorating my own living space. I have built my Duchamp site using original images so as to avoid the problem of using copyrighted material. The Duchamp estate is known for cracking down on what they perceive as a violation of the copyright on Duchamp's work. Whenever possible I have linked to other web sites that do have his work on line, and quite a few may be found by following these links in my "Sources and References/Readymade Duchamp Links" section. I will be adding new sections to the site, (as well as looking for other sites that come on line), as time goes on and space permits.
- Tim K

The Mar-Selling of Duchamp

I'm looking for posters, pictures, etc., of Marcel Duchamp. Can you help me?
- Ferand Schintgen

My suggestion would be to contact the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Much of Duchamp's work is on permanent display there, and they have the best museum gift shop around if you are shopping for Duchamp posters, postcards, books, shower curtains and other important trinkets.
- Tim K