Christian Marclay
Christian Marclay
Christian Ernest Marclayis a visual artist and composer. He holds both American and Swiss nationality...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth11 January 1955
CountrySwitzerland
failure might throw total
With improvisation, I just do it. It might be a total failure but then you just throw the dice again.
allowing change document medium performance record time
'Record Without A Cover' was about allowing the medium to come through, making a record that was not a document of a performance but a record that could change with time, and would be different from one copy to the next.
layer material music recognize share triggers
These things I sample, or clip, are things that we share - music, films, sounds. It triggers a layer of participation from the audience as they recognize the material and remember it.
art details art-is
Art is all in the details.
hands sitting computer
Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.
editing together pieces
The process of editing is what I enjoy most - putting the pieces together and making sense out of them.
children cutting drawing
Since I was a child I have always been cutting things out and gluing them together rather than drawing them.
way life-is deals
It's the way life is, I suppose. Whatever happens, you deal with it.
editing long sitting
It's good to get away from the editing suite. It's very unhealthy to be sitting in front of the screen for too long.
interesting offensive creator
If you make something good and interesting and not ridiculing someone or being offensive, the creators of the original material will like it.
together pieces may
I've never been a big cinephile, which may be why I could treat 'The Clock' like a puzzle and force the pieces to fit together in odd ways.
painter
I have never been much of a painter.
thinking important engagement
Every person's remembering will be different. That engagement is important, I think.
artist talking hollywood
As an artist, you're always somewhat obscure. We're not talking Hollywood.