Edited by Russell Ferguson. Essays by Miwon Kwon, Douglas Kahn, Alan Licht.
It is sound – and our culturally determined reactions to it – that forms the basis of Christian Marclay’s genre- and media-crossing art. Fascinated by the translation of the audible into the visual, the theme that informs all of his work is the space between what we hear and what we see. Telephone conversation, movies, reviews of musical performances, compact discs and album covers have all provided sources of inspiration for his work. This volume looks at the diverse body of work that Marclay has created from 1980 to the present, exploring it within the various contexts of music, art history and popular culture in which it exists. Twenty years of Marclay’s sculpture, collage, installation, photography and video are represented.