Christian Marclay

Cristian Marclay is one of those artists who seems to have experimented with almost every medium out there. In the 1980's he was pioneering the use of the turntable as an experimental musical instrument by playing intentionally scratched or skipping records on multiple turntables simultaneously. He has performed with some of the giants of avant garde music such as John Zorn and the Kronos Quartet.

 He is also a sculptor and installation artist who works with found materials that always involve the idea of sound.

Tape Fall, Reel-to-Reel, Ladder, Magnetic Tape, 1989

Moebius Loop, Cassette Tapes, Zip Ties, 1994

Virtuoso, Altered Accordion, 2000

He is a collage artist who uses album covers as his medium.

And most recently, he is a video artist who obsessively cuts and splices together scenes from existing films of similar everyday actions such as telephone conversations or people checking the time on a clock or a watch.