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Christian Marclay

English ｜ Softcover ｜ 2005 ｜ 160 pages ｜ 29×25 cm

Publisher　 Phaidon Press
Author　　　　Kim Gordon (Author), Jennifer González (Author), Matthew Higgs (Author), Ben Dale (Designer)
ISBN　　　　　9780714843742

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What would sound look like if it could be seen? Christian Marclay, a key volume in Phaidon’s Contemporary Artists series, invites readers into the world of one of today’s most influential interdisciplinary artists, offering a fresh perspective on the relationship between sound, image, and time. Through an extensive selection of artworks, exhibition documentation, and critical essays, the book traces Marclay’s remarkable career across sound art, video, collage, photography, and installation, revealing how he has continually dissolved the boundaries between visual art and music to create a distinctive artistic language.

Marclay is renowned for appropriating vinyl records, film clips, comic books, and elements of popular culture, transforming familiar materials through editing, collage, and recomposition. His iconic Record Without a Cover deliberately eliminated the protective record sleeve, allowing scratches and wear to become an integral part of the artwork itself. His acclaimed The Clock, which received the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale, assembles thousands of cinematic excerpts into a twenty-four-hour video synchronized with real time, fundamentally redefining how audiences perceive both time and the act of viewing.

Rather than presenting Marclay’s practice as a simple chronological survey, this volume is structured around the intertwined themes of medium and sound, exploring how he transforms the intangible nature of sound into visual and readable artistic forms. It also examines his ongoing engagement with reproduction, memory, temporality, and mass culture. For a generation immersed in sampling, remixing, and digital editing, Christian Marclay is far more than a monograph—it is an essential guide to understanding contemporary media culture, encouraging readers to reconsider the possibility that what we truly perceive is not merely the image itself, but the traces that sound leaves behind.

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Author: Kim Gordon, Jennifer González, Matthew Higgs
Designer: Ben Dale
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Publication Year: 2005
Dimensions: 29 × 25 cm
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160 pages