Posts Tagged ‘Christian Marclay’
August 12: National Vinyl Record Day
By Wendy How about this for a national holiday? Vinyl Record Day! The folks behind Vinyl Record Day want Americans to set aside August 12th to commemorate “the date Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877″ (although my quick Internet search did not quite confirm this fact). Their goals: preserve [...]
Thrilling over Michael Jackson
By Kristen Greenaway I was surprisingly shocked when I learned last night that Michael Jackson had died. He was just a couple of years older than I, and like most people I had really enjoyed him in my teen years as the kid brother yet lead singer for the Jackson [...]
How to talk to students about video art
It’s not always easy to talk about video art on school tours. Logistics can pose a challenge. Julie Thomson, the associate curator of education at the Nasher Museum, has ideas about how to share works like “Video Quartet,” now on view at the Nasher Museum, with students. Read her post [...]
Christian Marclay: Video Quartet
By Wendy Christian Marclay has spent several days at the Nasher Museum helping to install his epic work, “Video Quartet.” The artist, who is based in London and New York, does not get to see this incredible 2002 work, which took him a year to complete, very often. Neither do [...]