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Christian Marclay, video artist

Telephones, 1995

Description

Maker

  • Christian Marclay, b. 1955, American, video artist

Title

Telephones

Year

1995

Medium

Video, color, sound

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • video recording,
  • Betacam-SP

Dimensions

Running Time: 7 min , 35 sec

Signature / Inscription / Marks

on case: The Tape House Editorial Co. New York, NY Tel 212.557.4949 Paula Cooper Gal. Christian Marclay "Telephones 1995" Master 4/7/00 WO#57485 / same label on tape

Identification

State

.VOB (2004.62.)

Edition

250/?

Type

  • Time-based Media,
  • Time-based Works

Credit

Georgianna Sayles Aldrich Fund

Object Number

2004.60.2

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Building Blocks

May 6, 2011 - March 25, 2012

Telephones is a montage of classic film excerpts in which actors and actresses first dial then answer, speak into, listen on, and hang up telephones. Marclay’s sequencing of film clips is akin to building an architectural structure brick by brick. The movie scenes also show the protagonists talking on the phone against the backdrop of architectural film sets: domestic interiors, hotel rooms, and the now antiquated semi-private, semi-public shelter of a telephone booth.

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Christian Marclay, video artist

Telephones, 1995

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