Tag Archives: Christian Marclay

big high pressure system

Here with your weekly forecast. And we’re talking more than just weather. Although that looks good too. This week: Laurie Anderson performs Delusion at BAM, Elliott Sharp does Marclay, group show NEO-VITRUVIAN: The Body Now opens, Tom Zé: Liberted Astronaut screens at 92yTribeca, Gregory Crewdson at Gagosian, Gysin’s Ghost: Poetry Marathon and more!

Points Mean Prizes

Christian Marclay, Virtuoso, 2000, altered accordion, approximately 25’ long. Photo: Tom Powel. Courtesy of Paula Cooper Gallery. From BOMB 84, Summer 2003.
The 2009 “Genius Awards”, or MacArthur fellows, have just been announced and include Edwidge Danticat, Rackstraw Downes, Deborah Eisenberg and Heather McHugh. In other award news, Frank Stella has won the Julio González Prize. Find out what keeps Francine Prose up at night. Isabel Toledo and her husband Reuben are in (informal) conversation at FIT tomorrow. This weekend watch Martha Rosler‘s video art and visit artists’ studios at Greenpoint Open Studios. Stockard Channing and Jane Alexander star in David Hare’s ‘The Breath of Life‘ at Westport Country Playhouse (Sept. 29-Oct. 17). Experience one of Pauline Oliveros‘ “deep listening” concerts at the RISD Auditorium in Providence (Oct. 2), as part of FirstWorks. Walk on Christian Marclay at PS1. Gina Gershon is being sued.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Exorcist

Christian Marclay, still from Telephones, 1995, video projection with sound, 7 minutes, 30 seconds. Courtesy of the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. You thought Kathy Acker was wild? Well, we’ve got more crazy-smart ladies for you in this round of From the Archive.