Christian Marclay. The Clock

“The Clock by Christian Marclay is a 24-hour video work that takes viewers through a century of cinematic history. Since its debut in London in 2010 and its win of the Golden Lion at the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011, it has become a global sensation, exhibited in major museums such as MoMA in New York, Tate London, Yokohama, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the MCA in Sydney. Now, it comes to Berlin for the first time. Captivating audiences across the world since its debut in 2010, The Clock is a thrilling and poignant montage of thousands of film and television clips that depict clocks or reference time. Following several years of rigorous and painstaking research and production, Marclay edited these excerpts to create an immersive visual and sonic experience. This landmark work operates as a gripping journey through cinematic history as well as a functioning timepiece. The installation is synchronised to local time wherever it is on display, transforming artificial ‘cinematic time’ into a sensation of real time inside the gallery. …”