DaDa Reload

I would rather [be shot]
I would rather [be shot than kill]
I would rather [kill than be somebody]
I would rather [paint myself than kill again]
I would rather [myself than somebody’s else kill]
I would rather [be an art again than a shot religion]
I would rather [art that kills than an atheist that paints]
I would rather [my attitude than somebody else’s religion]
I would rather [kill religion than an atheist that paints myself]

In response to Marcel Duchamp's '"Dada: 1916-1923," Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, April 15 to May 9, 1953' 1953.

See the artwork that inspired this poem in the flesh, along with more than 100 of Marcel Duchamp’s world-renowned pieces in ‘The Essential Duchamp’ exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 April – 11 August 2019.