Ethan Ham

The Small Glass (after Duchamp)

The Small Glass (after Duchamp), 2009

The Small Glass (after Duchamp), 2009

BY ETHAN HAM

Conceptual Artist, Professor

Egremont, Massachusetts

Conceptual art and art history merge in the accident that is broken glass.

On my wedding day, I plugged my iPhone into the restaurant’s sound system to play music during the reception dinner. My bride and I were leaving the venue when I realized the phone was still playing music. I juggled the phone out of my pocket, dropped it on the cobblestone sidewalk, and cracked the glass.

Perhaps the joy of ...

Get Mobile Digital Art now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.