He is notorious for his ready made 'Fountain' - a urinal which he signed 'R.Mutt' and which is today displayed in the New Tate.

Duchamp Investigation 1

Make a collection of ready mades.  Present them as works of art and discuss their significance, importance, histories, etc.

Duchamp Investigation 2 (difficult)

Make a collective work which explores an abstract theme - e.g. 'silence' or 'misery', but which somehow tells a story - encourage contributions in as many forms as possible - then use these to create one large work.  Limit how ideas may be developed in a number of ways:

• create collages of objects (sweet wrappers, newspaper cuttings) but don't allow glue or conventional forms of sticking (like tape).  Clips, pins, sewing etc will have to be investigated.
• allow writing, suggest words be enlarged on a photocopier and recreated using paint and thick brushes.
• suggest junk is used to create initial ideas which are then photographed and explained as if they were highly technical.
• limit certain groups to using only objects which, for example, a) will fit in a cup b) will float c) are from old clothes

These various elements must be combined to create a story.  The story does not have to be clear or explicit and can be reinterpreted a number of ways, but stressing where things start, what happens next, is important.