I admire the abstract expressionists and pop artists so right now I'm referencing American '60s art and at the same time referencing Japanese manga culture.
From Christian Marclay
Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.
It's good to get away from the editing suite. It's very unhealthy to be sitting in front of the screen for too long.
You start with an idea but then so many things can happen.
'Record Without A Cover' was about allowing the medium to come through, making a record that was not a document of a performance but a record that could change with time, and would be different from one copy to the next.
People who care about records are always giving me a hard time. I mean, I would destroy records in performances, and break them, and whatever I could do to them to create a sound that was something else than just the sound that was in the groove.
Since I was a child I have always been cutting things out and gluing them together rather than drawing them.
These things I sample, or clip, are things that we share - music, films, sounds. It triggers a layer of participation from the audience as they recognize the material and remember it.
As an artist, you're always somewhat obscure. We're not talking Hollywood.
I have never been much of a painter.
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