christian marclay retrospective

(they are)

go early in the morning. it's a 15 minute piece that you're going to want to watch several times. I watched it four times in a row, checked out the rest of the museum, then went back for another two. do this tomorrow.

milton/loverbug/chaki I saw that video quartet at the white cube last year (on the last day too)...I enjoyed it lots and really looking forward to seeing that again (I have fond memories of it as it was like, my last 'date') but this is assembling 'over 60 works', lots to check out so I'm looking to see what else have ppl have enjoyed.

xp = john he's a turntablist/sound artist.

sorry xtian

here's some more marclay, btw: steve beresford: c/d, s/d

basquiat: 'guitar drag'

--Marclay

Imaginary Records series -- Altered record covers
Dictators -- Record covers, wood, screws
Guitar Drag -- DVD projection with sound
Doorsiana (Body Mix series) -- Record covers and thread
White Noise -- Found photographs and pins
Tape Fall -- Reel-to-reel player, audio tape, ladder
Endless Column -- Vinyl records, steel cable
Hangman's Noose -- microphone and cord
Boneyard -- 750 hydrostone casts of phone recievers
Lip Lock -- tuba and pocket trumpet

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/03/10/bmberlin10.xml&sSheet=/arts/2005/03/10/ixartleft.html

saw 'video quartet' an unhealthy number of times but I still didn't feel that was enough! his 'gtr drag' gives good ear shredding, the cpl who were in the room at the time snogged their way though it...luv wz in the air!

as for other things on there I enjoyed (beside many of the pieces mentioned) his 'false advertising' -- xmarclay as wannabe cock rocker, jazzer, classical musician and his 'virtuoso' -- modified accordion.

Any interesting merch on sale Julio, swag-tart that I am?

emily you must go!! (I went on my own but they sell one mean chocolate chip cookie downstairs so use that to interest friends).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIFH4XHU228

His last show was beautiful photograms made by unspooling cassette tape all over sensitized blueprint paper and exposing the sheet--gorgeous.

Oh yeah, Japanese Giraffe, the video of people talking on telephones in movies and tv is a classic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOvKx3n5ikk

a little bit of Telephones from a tv doc...

if you're in New York this month...

Festival
July 1–September 26, 2010
Christian Marclay at the Whitney Museum NYC

Artist/composer Christian Marclay (b. 1955) is known for his distinctive fusion of image and sound. Celebrated as a pioneer of turntablism, Marclay transforms sound and music into visual and physical forms through performance, collage, sculpture, large-scale installations, photography, and video. This groundbreaking Whitney exhibition—activated by daily concerts and continually evolving—explores Marclay’s approach to the world around him with a particular focus on his “graphic scores” for performance by musicians and vocalists. Visitors to the Whitney will be encouraged to mark up a wall-sized chalkboard, with musical staff lines, thereby creating a collective musical score which will be performed throughout the run of the show. Other Marclay scores, including the premiere of a new scrolled vocal work forty feet in length and three scores conceived as projections, will be continually on view and performed on a regular basis. World renowned musicians and vocalists, some of whom have been regular collaborators with the artist for three decades, will interpret a dozen scores, enabling museum audiences to experience a less well known aspect of Marclay’s varied art practice.

today we saw this superb audio/visual performance of a Marclay score. my family - not avant-garde noise dudes - dug it as much as I did. trumpet/accordion/computer/etc:

Screen Play: Performed by Peter Evans, Guy Klucevsek, Andrea Parkins, and o.blaat

don't miss.

Festival was really cool. I spent some time on the couch in the listening room and let me tell you, not too many people stayed in there for more than a minute. Fair enough, because there were a lot of things to see, but it was great hearing the music in a big room, alone, without being able to control what was playing. And there's something awesome about forcing one of the Whitney guards to stand in the doorway for an hour just to keep an eye on you.

security guards didn't catch me filming this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLTahfOhXGM

when i went the security guards stopped this girl from piggybacking on her friend's shoulders to try to get the highest chalk drawing of anyone

wished i'd stayed in that listening room longer tbh

i spent a day listening to performances, it was rad.

I'm still mad at myself for missing JG Thirlwell and the Manga Scroll reading :(

I was at Thirlwell! Kenny Wolleson kind of stole the show

I kind of wish they would do a big concert though. I only went the one day because its not really worth paying $15 or whatever every time you want to see a 20-min performance.

Did anyone else catch the Peter Evans/Guy Klucevsek/Andrea Parkins/o.blaat performance of "Screen Play"?

maaaaaan

just heard about Phil Minton performing Manga Scroll at White Cube in London tonight. RSVP'd too late. shame.

gonna watch The Clock til midnight anyway. wondering if lightning striking the clocktower in Back to the Future will be the midnight moment.

just heard about this show

Christian Marclay & Otomo Yoshihide
November 19, NYC

http://www.japansociety.org/event/turntable-duo-otomo-yoshihide-christian-marclay