Tick-Tock

09/13 · by · in Art & Artists, Big Ideas

An image from artist Christian Marclay's "The Clock."

I swear, the next time Swiss artist Christian Marclay’s video work “The Clock” plays anywhere, I will get there. Won’t somebody let me know when that happens and before it’s too late!?

I’m obsessed with this idea—an entire film, a 24-hour montage, made from clips containing shots of watches and clocks—or the voices of humans telling the time—that keeps time with utter accuracy. It splices scenes from To Kill a Mockingbird with Woody Allen movies with American Gigilo and anything with a timepiece. Love it.

Here’s a tantalizing clip…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp4EUryS6ac&feature=related