ID: 700008361 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008361	Record Type: Movable Work
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The Clock (single-channel video; Christian Marclay (American sculptor, video artist, and musi...; 2010; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, Los Angeles c...; M.2011.21.1-.3)

Note: A 24-hour, single-channel artwork comprised of hundreds of clips from films that contain shots of clocks of all kinds. The piece acts as a clock itself, with each shot of a clock in the film referencing the precise actual time. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art purchased the work in 2011.

Titles:

The Clock (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

single-channel video [300390573] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, time-based works, video art)

montage (visual work) [300033970]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

time-based work [300185191]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

films / videos (preferred)

Creation Date: 2010

Creator Display:

Christian Marclay (American sculptor, video artist, and musician, born 1955) [preferred,VP]

artist Marclay, Christian (American sculptor, video artist, and musician, born 1955) [500116487]

Locations:

Current: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500217563] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: M.2011.21.1-.3

Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Steve Tisch through the 2011 Collectors Committee

Display Materials: single-channel video montage with stereo sound

	montage (image-making technique) [300178672]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>)

	video recordings (physical artifacts) [300028682]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by physical form>, recordings)

Dimensions: 1440 minutes

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

time-based works (preferred,isness)

performing arts

Specific Subjects:

	time [300133089]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, physical sciences concepts, physics concepts) (AAT)

	movies [300136900]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>) (AAT)

	clocks [300041575]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Measuring Devices (hierarchy name), measuring devices (instruments), <measuring devices for extent>, timepieces, <timepieces by form>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: video, film, performing arts

Sources and Contributors:
The Clock	........ [VP]
	........ Los Angeles County Museum of Art online (2002) accessed 28 March 2014

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Los Angeles County Museum of Art online (2002) accessed 28 March 2014

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Los Angeles County Museum of Art online (2002) accessed 28 March 2014