The Marcel Duchamp World Community
The Marcel Duchamp World Community Web Site offers a neutral, unbiased, internet location for the meeting and exchange of ideas among the international community of people interested in Marcel Duchamp studies. The site welcomes news, events, publications, papers — anything related to Marcel Duchamp and his larger circle of friends in Dada and Surrealism.
Art Science Research Laboratory (ASRL)
Art Science Research Laboratory (ASRL), a New York-based not-for-profit organization, is committed to fostering an intellectual environment and advocating for interdisciplinary study, encompassing research, collections, and publishing. Founded in 1998 by Rhonda Roland Shearer and Professor Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002), ASRL provides a unique setting allowing art historians, scientists, artists, designers, and programmers to work side by side daily. Everyone is encouraged to contribute ideas, participate in a dynamic environment, and challenge outdated yet still prominent practices in the arts, science, and humanities. Our goal is to promote and facilitate a fast, thorough, efficient global exchange of knowledge in fields ranging from art and science, scholars’ collective, and journalism ethics, to the cyberBOOK+ system, in order to generate a network of people sharing knowledge and research methodologies for mutual understanding of cultures and histories.
Bridging Art and Science
ASRL’s first major project in artscience education focuses on the lifework of the French-American artist, Marcel Duchamp (1887- 1968), who constantly challenged the boundary between the cultural and the scientific. Throughout his life, he incorporated mathematics, optics, and perceptual theory into his art and design work. He presented his viewers with a series of mental games that forced them (and still do today) to re-evaluate Intuition, Memory, and the Creative Act. His brain-teasing games of perception and knowledge, and the mathematics underlying his complicated oeuvre, lie at the core of ASRL’s research.
MarcelDuchamp.net Staff
Publisher and Creative Director – Rhonda Roland Shearer (1999-present)
Joint Editorial Team – Eli Espstein-Deutsch, Jenny Fan, Maria Godlverg (2011-2013)
Editor-in-Chief – Ya-Ling Chen, Thomas Girst (1999-2003)
Managing Editor – Lara Shirvinski (2007-2009), Ya-Ling Chen (1999-2005), Shin-Yi Yang (1999)
Guest Managing Editor – Glenn Harvey (2004-2006)
Graphic Designer – Soojin Kim (2001-2007)
Tech Support – Netgains (2007-present)
Programmer – Vittorio Marchi (1999-2001), Kyudong Lee (2000-2001), Jung-Hee Choi (1999)
Graphic and Layout Designer – Soojin Kim (2001-2007), Andrzej Mika (2000-2002), Ya-Ling Chen (2000-2006), Jung-Hee Choi (2000)
Senior Editor – Jane Freeman (2004), Sarah Skinner Kilborne (1999-2000)
Editor – Olive Lykins (2004), Elisabeth Sandlin (2000), Sarah Skinner Kilborne (2002)
3-D Modelers and Animators – Robert Slawinski (1999-2024), Walter Martinez (2002-present), Gregory Alvarez (1999-2002), Yong-Duk Jhun (2000), Jung-Hee Choi (1999-2000)
Editorial Assistants – Jennifer Grossbard, Katy Marcus (2005), Bartosz Lysakowski (2004), Taylor M. Sapleton, Jemima Taylor, Agustina O’Farrell, Lauren Wilcox (2003), Melissa Scram, Adam Kleinman, Dina Deitsch, Ross Finocchio, Kim Whinna (2000)
Videographers – Robert Slawinski (1999-2024), Andrzej Mika (2000-2002), Jung-Hee Choi (1999-2000), Yong Duk Jhun (2000)
Translators – Taylor M. Stapleton, Jemima Taylor (2003), Micheal Ensslen, Roberto Giunti (2002), Thomas Girst (1999-2004), Sarah Skinner Kilborne (1999-2002), Julia Koteliansky (1999-2000), Lou Andrea Savoir (1999), Henning Grentz, Claudine Leysinger, Jan Wagner, John Irons (2000)
Administration – Pat Shannon, Walter Martinez (2002-2008), Gina Guerra (1999-2003), Angelina Nauth, Christine Silva, Susan Ryan (2003),
Graphic Design Coordination – Jung-Hee Choi, Samuel Koren (1999)
MarcelDuchamp.net Senior Advisory Commitee
Craig Adcock – Professor of Art History, University of Iowa (1999-present)
Steven B. Gerrard – Professor of Philosophy and Chair of Jewish Studies, Williams College (2004-present)
Andre Gervais – Professor of Literature, University of Quebec at Rimouski (1999-present)
Thomas Girst – Former Editor-in-Chief of Tout-Fait. Head of the Cultural Communication, BMW Group, Munich, Germany (2004-present)
Stephen Jay Gould – Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Harvard University and Vincent Astor Visiting Research Professor of Biology, New York University; Co-Director and Co-Founder of Art Science Research Laboratory, New York (Honorary; 1999-2002)
Rhonda Roland Shearer – New York artist; Co-Director and Co-Founder of Art Science Research Laboratory, New York (1999-present)
Charles Stuckey – Faculty, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Former Senior Curator, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas (1999-present)