Christian Marclay
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Christian Marclay is a visual artist and musical composer based in New York, who is exploring the pattern languages connecting sound, photography, video, and film.
Marclay uses records and turntables in musical performances, and was one of the earliest and one of the most notable musicians to do so outside a hip hop context - he is "the most influential (turntable) figure outside hip hop." [1] (http://www.speech.kth.se/~hansen/turntablemusic.pdf) Marclay sometimes manipulates or damages records to produce continuous loops and skips, and has said he generally prefers inexpensive used records purchased at thrift shops.
Some of Marclay's musical pieces are carefully recorded and edited plunderphonics-style; he is also active in free improvisation.
He has performed and recorded both solo and in collaboration with musicians such as John Zorn, William Hooker, Otomo Yoshihide, Butch Morris and others. Christian Marclay is a former professor of video collage and sound at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop.
Exhibitions
- Christian Marclay. 1999. Paula Cooper Gallery, New York.
- Pictures at an Exhibition. 1997. Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York (brochure).
- Arranged and Conducted. Kunsthaus, Zurich (catalogue).
- Accompagnement Musical. 1995 Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva.
- Christian Marclay. 1994. daadgalerie, Berlin, Germany; Fri-Art Centre d'art contemporain Kunsthalle, Fribourg (catalogue).
- Christian Marclay. 1993. Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles.
- The Wind Section. 1992. Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris.
- Christian Marclay. 1991. Interim Art, London.
- Directions: Christian Marclay. 1990. Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (brochure).
- Christian Marclay. 1987. The Clocktower, P.S. 1 Museum, New York.
External links
- Christian Marclay Faculty Website European Graduate School (http://www.egs.edu/faculty/christianmarclay.html)
- Christian Marclay: Interview (http://www.furious.com/perfect/christianmarclay.html) by Jason Gross (March 1998)