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Christian Marclay - Index

Christian Marclay - Index

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Un ouvrage monumental compilant la documentation iconographique ayant servi au développement des projets visuels de Christian Marclay au cours des dernières années. Près de 600 photocopies noir et blanc de collages d'images trouvées, mises en page avec l'aide du graphiste Laurent Benner.

« C'est peut-être parce que je ne suis pas un très bon dessinateur, le collage semble être une approche plus naturelle pour esquisser et développer des idées. Je fais du copier-coller et j'utilise ma photocopieuse comme un moyen rapide d'expérimenter et de développer des idées. Mon travail consiste à trouver, échantillonner, s'approprier des images et des sons, et à les transformer. L'image trouvée est généralement ce qui déclenche un processus de pensée – la formulation d'idées ou simplement la réaffirmation de pensées latentes. C'est un moyen de médiatiser instantanément une image et de prendre un peu de distance par rapport à elle. Les accidents sont aussi souvent révélateurs. Comme l'appareil photo ou tout logiciel de montage vidéo, la photocopieuse n'est qu'un outil parmi d'autres. »
Christian Marclay

Les centaines de photocopies en noir et blanc très contrastées compilées par Christian Marclay sont comme des griffonnages dans un carnet, les premières étapes d'expérimentation vers des œuvres plus abouties, et offrent ainsi un aperçu du processus de création de l'artiste. Ce livre rassemble les sources qui ont alimenté la pratique de Marclay au cours des dernières années. Il a été conçu en étroite collaboration avec Laurent Benner, graphiste ayant travaillé avec Marclay sur plusieurs autres livres et pochettes de disques et partageant une sensibilité commune.
« Plasticien de la musique », artiste, performer, compositeur, considéré comme l'inventeur du turntablism, Christian Marclay (né en 1955 à San Rafael, Californie, vit et travaille à New York) a fait œuvre de précurseur, tant sur la scène musicale underground que dans l'art contemporain, en explorant un espace commun aux arts plastiques et à la musique. Au cœur de sa recherche, il combine une multitude de médium tels que son, pochettes d'albums, disques vinyle, bandes magnétiques ou extraits de film. S'il doit partie de sa renommée à la virtuosité de ses montages vidéo et à son activité de performer et de platiniste expérimental, la photographie constitue un autre pan important de sa pratique.

Conception graphique : Laurent Benner.

Paru en février 2021
Edition anglaise
21 x 29,7 cm (broché, couv à rabats)
1200 pages (600 ill. n&b)
ISBN : 978-3-907236-08-6

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This publication brings together the source material that has informed Marclay's visual practice over the past few years. It gathers nearly 600 black & white Xeroxes of found image collages compiled with the help of graphic designer Laurent Benner.

“Maybe it's because I'm not a very good draftsman, collage feels like a more natural approach to sketching and developing ideas. I cut and paste and use my photocopier as a quick way to experiment and develop ideas. My work is all about finding, sampling, appropriating images and sounds, and transforming them. The found image is usually what triggers a thought process—formulating ideas or simply reaffirming latent thoughts. It's a way to instantly mediate an image and get a little distance from it. Accidents are also often revealing. Like the camera, or any video editing software, the photocopier is just another tool.”
– Christian Marclay

Marclay's compilation of hundreds of high-contrast black-and-white Xeroxes are like scribblings in a notebook, the first stages of experimentation towards more finished works, a glimpse into the artist's creative process. This book brings together the source material that has informed Marclay's practice over the past few years. It was designed in collaboration with Laurent Benner, a graphic designer who has worked with Marclay on various other books and record covers. Their shared sensibility informs this beautiful new book.
Known as the inventor of “turntablism,” visual artist, performer and composer Christian Marclay (born 1955 in San Rafael, California, lives and works in New York) explores the relationship between visual and sonic phenomena through an innovative work in collage, sculpture, installation, photography, video, and performance.

Graphic design: Laurent Benner.

Published in February 2021
English edition
21 x 29,7 cm (softcover)
1200 pages (600 b/w ill.)
ISBN : 978-3-907236-08-6
EAN : 9783907236086

© Edition Patrick Frey

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