Christian Marclay
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Christian Marclay (born January 11, 1955) is a visual artist and composer. He holds both American and Swiss nationality.
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Born | Christian Marclay (1955-01-11) 11 January 1955 (age 69) San Rafael, California, U.S. |
Nationality | Swiss; American |
Known for | Visual artist, composer |
Notable work | The Clock |
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Marclay's work explores connections between sound, noise, photography, video and film. 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]