Marcel Duchamp Versus Bobby Fischer

2008-09, Performance and Video installation projected on pedestals cut to shape of the projection

2008, Sequences: Real Time Festival, Dwarf Gallery, Reykjavik Iceland

2009, The Sixth Borough, Governor's Island, NY USA

 

Two individuals play chess, while channeling the spirits of Marcel Duchamp and Bobby Fischer.

Best two out of three.

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In 2008, I wanted to challenge chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer to a match. The former world champion, who had been exiled in Iceland for several years, passed away before anything transpired. What resulted instead was this project, commissioned originally for Sequences: Real Time Festival in Reykjavik.