Duchamp's 1966 BBC Documentary Resurfaces on YouTube

A 1966 BBC documentary on Marcel Duchamp, titled 'Rebel Ready-Made' by Tony Powell, has resurfaced on YouTube, uploaded by a user named Pheidias. The film documents Duchamp's retrospective at the Tate Gallery in London, where his seminal work 'The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even' (The Large Glass) was displayed as a replica by Richard Hamilton. The documentary highlights the exhibition's installation, including a photographic copy of Duchamp's 'Porte de rue Larrey, 11' door, which plays with trompe-l'œil effects. The author, Marco Senaldi, reflects on how new media like YouTube enable access to historical art documents, altering temporal perception and allowing past content to become omnipresent. He contrasts this with earlier viewing technologies like VHS and DVD, referencing Laura Mulvey's 2002 Tate Modern lecture on changing modes of film consumption. The article argues that YouTube's remediation of older media (TV, photography) creates a layered ambiguity about authenticity and newness.