For Those Of You Who Scoffed
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when I talked of rendering…..
check this + and this +: hoax or stunt the thought is in the air. (And was, thanks to MD, via Justin:
A transformer designed to utilize the slight, wasted energies such as:
the excess of pressure on an electric switch.
the exhalation of tobacco smoke.
the growth of a head of hair, of other body hair and of the nails.
the fall of urine and excrement.
movements of fear, astonishment, boredom, anger.
laughter.
dropping of tears.
demonstrative gestures of hands, feet, nervous tics.
forbidding glances.
falling over with surprise.
stretching, yawning, sneezing.
ordinary spitting and of blood.
vomiting.
ejaculation.
unruly hair, cowlicks.
the sound of nose-blowing, snoring.
fainting.
whistling.
sighs, etc. . . .
Anthologie de l’humour noir, under “Duchamp.” [Trans. Elmer Peterson])