Marclay discusses his interest in unwanted sound, his use of turntables, early examples of his art and more recent pieces too.

An experimental musical composition/collage, made by sampling old footage, mostly shot by a couple friends and I over the last five years or so, of bands playing (including The Rapture, Daniel Johnston, and Chromatics) and other miscellaneous musical bits

Excerpt of Eliott Sharp performance

The 14-minute video Guitar Drag, 2000, shows an amplified Fender guitar attached to a rope being pulled behind a pick-up truck. As the guitar drags across back roads and dirt trails, it produces a range of cacophonous musical sounds that often correlate to what is seen. Guitar Drag explores the collected mythologies.... more

video installation at christian marclay exhibition at acmi in melbourne

Stop Motion video made by Eric Eaton A nod to Christian Marclay Audio by Harmstryker

Christian Marclay - "Telephones"

This is the second half of Christian Marclay's video "Guitar Drag". Christian Marclay is a contemporary artist who works with audio devices to get "unwanted sound". In this piece, he drags a plugged guitar over leaves, grass, and concrete. His intention by doing this is focusing on the relation.... more

a short animation of a whale accompanied by the sounds remixed by christian marclay

"Artificial Lightning" (aka "The Origin of Painting") by Disinformation - electromagnetic sound and shadow wall, autodestructive portraiture and experimental painting installation, live at The Hayward Gallery, London, UK, April to July 2000 (where this installation was set-up directly opposite an.... more