Christian Marclay | |
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 Marclay in 2012 | |
| Born | Christian Marclay 11 January 1955 San Rafael, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | Swiss; American |
| Known for | Visual artist, composer |
| Notable work | The Clock |
Christian Marclay (born January 11, 1955) is a visual artist and composer. He holds both American and Swiss nationality.
Marclay's work explores connections between sound art, noise music, photography, video art, film and digital animations. A pioneer of using gramophone records and turntables as musical instruments to create sound collages, Marclay is, in the words of critic Thom Jurek, perhaps the "unwitting inventor of turntablism."[1] His own use of turntables and records, beginning in the late 1970s, was developed independently of but roughly parallel to hip hop's use of the instrument.[2]
- ^ All Music Review of More Encores: Christian Marclay Plays with the Records Of ... (1988). Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ European Graduate School Biography Archived 27 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 June 2011.