Back in a time before YouTube existed, when memes were just a glimmer in our collective eye, artist Christian Marclay began making intensive video works that culled Hollywood films for auditory and visual patterns.
Christian Marclay
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The video is a nightmare. It will ruin your day, and you can count yourself lucky that that’s the worst it can do.
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This week: creepy Internet addiction, ye goode olde dayes of buffalo slaughter, and–finally being screened for the first time–a Christian Marclay video about a terrible event in Texas’ past:…
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Among the works created during his Winter 1999 Artpace residency, artist/composer Christian Marclay made a piece called Guitar Drag, but decided not to show the work in Texas due to…
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Chitchat on E.A.S.T., Houton Artcrawls then and now, One-painting shows, Marclay's Clock, and Peter Ligon vs Fairfield Porter.
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Video exhibitions tend to be hit or miss. As someone who makes, curates and writes about video, I have seen my share of mediocre video work. Most recently I wrote…
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Houston Microcinema Aurora Picture Show has named the pioneer video and performance artist Joan Jonas as its 2011 Aurora Award winner. The award will be presented at the $250 -a-plate…