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‘Readymade NINAS' is a reinterpretation of Gustave Flaubert's 'Dictionnaire des idées reçues' published in 19 13. In this satirical dictionary, Flaubert exposes the conformism, laziness and hypocrisy of his contemporaries. A criticism which, according to Nina Vandeweghe and Nina de Vroome, is still relevant, because the language of the 21st century also reflects a ready-made thinking characterised by hypocrisy, opportunism and superficiality. Their joint reading of this work by Flaubert led them to collaborate. De Vroome rewrote a contemporary version of Flaubert's …