Conclusion

One could finally say the fourth dimension is an evolving concept contemporary artists can explore using new media (such as computer based art). Its metaphorical power also provides a fertile context for all the scientific myths that grow in the western society. Duchamp is a crucial contextual reference in this subject because of the depth of his geometry studies and at the same time the distance he managed to keep from science by using irony and contradiction skilfully.
From his manuscripts we can conclude the balance between past and present, poetry and coded message, rational and irrational show how influent and creative an artist’s written work can be. His technical and scientific knowledge combined with the playfulness of his wit gives these boxes an eternal feel of intuition and mystery.
The chapter about Relativity in this essay was inconclusive but deeper research will either show Einstein shared many mathematical references or that Duchamp in fact could have read something about the emerging Physics.
The papers and books written on Duchamp’s notes are not over. Neither is the topic of the fourth dimension as artists will always need to pursuit the unachievable.