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Three-Minute Wonder: The ‘Fountain’ Returns

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Film director Mike Figgis recently had the chance to install a copy of the notorious Fountain in a Liverpool restroom and recorded reactions from members of the public. The results were suggestive of generations of received critical response and, surprisingly, revealed often ignored aspects of the work’s gendered and functional nature. The video, produced on behalf of the Tate Modern Liverpool, is now available.

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