BROKEN MUSIC

SCREENING - BLACK BOX

Breaking records, converting light into sound, making a turntable with dry ice and a guitar out of a turntable... Musical instruments are destroyed and technology is applied in peculiar ways. These are de-compositions made for video by both contemporary and historical figures, with a nod to Jimi Hendrix and the Fluxus movement.

Curated by Astria Suparak, independent curator New York.


Record Players
. Christian Marclay, 1984, colour, non spoken, 4:00
Piano Piece #13 (For Nam June Paik), Sonic Youth. 1999, colour, non spoken, 4:25
Violin Power (excerpt). Steina Vasulka, 1978, black and white, non spoken, 7:10
Ghost (I don’’t live today). Christian Marclay, 1985, colour, non spoken, 4:00
I-Beam (excerpts). Barry Schwartz, 1995, colour, 11:30
Kick That Habit. Voice Crack, 1990, colour, 43:00

Christian Marclay, Record Player, 1984