Christian Marclay: Festival
Ikue Mori and Zeena Parkins perform Christian Marclay’s Sixty-Four Bells and a Bow (2009)
In this video, Ikue Mori and Zeena Parkins perform Christian Marclay’s Sixty-Four Bells and a Bow (2009), in which sixty-four small hand bells are used as sound sources.
September 21, 2010
Conversations on Art:
Marclay’s Performance Work
Christian Marclay is joined by musician Alan Licht and cultural critics Liz Kotz and Christoph Cox for a conversation on his “theater of found sound.”
Ikue Mori, Zeena Parkins, and special guest Mark Nauseef perform Christian Marclay’s Screen Play (2005)
In this video, Ikue Mori, Zeena Parkins and Mark Nauseef perform Christian Marclay’s Screen Play (2005), a score made from carefully edited black-and-white images overlaid with brightly colored computer-animated graphics.
David Moss performs Christian Marclay’s Manga Scroll (2010)
In this video, David Moss performs Christian Marclay’s Manga Scroll (2010), a vocal score that consists of onomatopoeias found in Manga comics originally published in Japan but translated into English.
Christian Marclay’s Chalkboard (2010)
In this video, Museum visitors participate in Christian Marclay’s newest score, Chalkboard, for which the artist turned a wall of the Whitney’s galleries into a gigantic chalkboard with musical staff lines.
Anthony Coleman and special guest Odeya Nini perform Christian Marclay’s Covers (2007–2010)
In this video, Anthony Coleman and special guest Odeya Nini perform Christian Marclay’s Covers (2007–10) in which musicians draw inspiration from thirty record covers and attempt to play any musical notation as literally as possible.
Sylvie Courvoisier and Mark Feldman perform Christian Marclay’s Ephemera (2009) and Shuffle (2007)
In this video, Sylvie Courvoisier and Mark Feldman perform Christian Marclay’s Ephemera (2009), a collection of printed materials decorated with musical notation, and Shuffle (2007), a set of photographs documenting musical notation found in mundane settings.
Mary Halvorson and Ikue Mori perform Christian Marclay’s Graffiti Composition (1996–2002)
In this video, Mary Halvorson and Ikue Mori Perform Christian Marclay’s Graffiti Composition (1996–2002), a score consisting of 150 unbound images documenting the public’s response to blank sheet music posted around Berlin.
Anthony Coleman, Mary Halvorson, and special guests Alberto Denis and Esther m Palmer perform Christian Marclay’s Pret-à-Porter (2010)
In this video, musicians Anthony Coleman and Mary Halvorson interpret Christian Marclay’s Pret-à-Porter (2010) with the help of Alberto Denis and Esther m. Palmer who model clothing decorated with musical notations.
August 27, 2010
Artist Talk: Marina Rosenfeld
Every week during the run of Christian Marclay: Festival, we hosted artist talks with performers in the exhibition. Marina Rosenfeld performed Screen Play and Sixty-four Bells and a Bow following the talk.
August 20, 2010
Artist Talk: David Moss
Every week during the run of Christian Marclay: Festival, we hosted artist talks with performers in the exhibition. David Moss performed Manga Scroll following the talk.
August 13, 2010
Artist Talk: Elliott Sharp
Every week during the run of Christian Marclay: Festival, we hosted artist talks with performers in the exhibition. Elliott Sharp performed Graffiti Composition following the talk.
Alan Licht Performs Christian Marclay’s Wind Up Guitar (1994)
In this video, Alan Licht performs Christian Marclay’s Wind Up Guitar (1994), a guitar that Marclay fitted with twelve music boxes.
Nicolas Collins Performs Christian Marclay’s Sixty-Four Bells and a Bow (2009)
In this video, Nicolas Collins interprets Christian Marclay’s Sixty-Four Bells and a Bow (2009) according to Marclay’s stipulation that all sounds must originate from the sixty-four glass, porcelain, and metal hand-bells.
Ulrich Krieger Performs Christian Marclay’s Box Set (2008–2010)
In this video, Ulrich Krieger performs Christian Marclay’s Box Set (2008–2010). Like Russian nesting dolls, boxes adorned with musical notation are placed one inside the other, to be opened, played, and then closed by the musician.
August 6, 2010
Artist Talk: Mary Halvorson
Every week during the run of Christian Marclay: Festival, we hosted artist talks with performers in the exhibition. Mary Halvorson performed Pret à Porter following the talk.
July 30, 2010
Artist Talk: Mary Halvorson
Every week during the run of Christian Marclay: Festival, we hosted artist talks with performers in the exhibition. Mary Halvorson performed Wind Up Guitar following the talk.
July 23, 2010
Artist Talk: Sylvie Courvoisier
Every week during the run of Christian Marclay: Festival, we hosted artist talks with performers in the exhibition. Sylvie Courvoisier performed Ephemera following the talk.
July 23, 2010
Artist Talk: Zeena Parkins
Every week during the run of Christian Marclay: Festival, we hosted artist talks with performers in the exhibition. For this talk, Zeena Parkins is in conversation with choreographer Neil Greenberg. Parkins performed Screen Play on July 28.
July 16, 2010
Artist Talk: Joan La Barbara
Every week during the run of Christian Marclay: Festival, we hosted artist talks with performers in the exhibition. Joan La Barbara performed Manga Scroll following the talk.
July 16, 2010
Open Studio: Joan La Barbara on Manga Scroll
Composer and performer Joan La Barbara discusses her performance of Manga Scroll and her approach to Marclay’s work. La Barbara performed this piece several times during Christian Marclay: Festival.
July 9, 2010
Artist Talk: Marina Rosenfeld
Every week during the run of Christian Marclay: Festival, we hosted artist talks with performers in the exhibition. Marina Rosenfeld performed Screen Play following the talk.
