Christian Marclay: The Clock

I'm a bit shocked at myself for never having mentioned Christian Marclay's The Clock. If you are unfamiliar, it is a 24-hour film composed of film and television clips showing the exact time of day. It will screen in a museum and when it's 12:05 here on Earth, The Clock is showing you snippets of media that display 12:05. It's very difficult to see this creation because it's incredibly long, it simply rarely screens anywhere and its not exactly fast paced. This thing is a gauntlet. You can watch a bootleg snippet of it here or read about the experience here.

I've never seen it myself. I did see another enormous installation from Marclay back in 2015 called Surround Sounds that left quite an impression tho.. so I am intrigued by his works.

Despite not having seen it, I find it fascinating. I am not alone. There is a Fandom Wiki for The Clock that crowd sources a minute-by-minute breakdown of what clips are shown throughout the 24-hour experience. It's an impressively thorough tome. You can see the individual works used or browse the timeline. Incredible.issin