Christian Marclay ‘s “Festival” at the Whitney Museum of Art is an experiment of the “fusion of image and sound through collage, performance, installation, photography, sculpture, and video.” In other terms, it is a smorgasbord of all things musical.
In the first room, there are many objects related to music or with musical notes printed on them, like a hanger with clothing, a record collection, tin boxes, and “Sixty Four Bells and a Bow,” featuring bells from all over the world. This room was well displayed and very satisfying to the musical-note-printed-paraphernalia-collector.
However, when you enter into the largest room, where there are two sets of movies showing and a blackboard of sheet music that fills its entire length, you really understand what Marclay’s ideas encompassed – audience involvement in music. [click to continue….]
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