The Observer on Christian Marclay

«Christian Marclay pulls off a similar tightrope walk, with a brilliant piece entitled The Watch, a disturbing take on Poe’s great story, ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’. In one of Shoreditch Town Hall’s many dark, dank spaces, Marclay has placed an antique timepiece, bathed in a tiny pool of light, in a crumbling chimney stack. A furious ticking sound fills the room and echoes down the corridors nearby. ‘Properly Poe,’ as one passer-by whispered.»

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Published:
06.04.08 / 10pm
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Art, Exhibition, Review, Sound art