Cyan Tapes

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Christian Marclay has some new cyanotypes on show at the Paula Cooper Gallery in New York until the 11th. Standing in front of these wall-sized blueprints of unspooled cassette tapes is an immersive experience – these tiny images really don’t so them justice. Here both subject and reproduction are legacy, analog formats and the resulting images are stunning and ethereal.

Also on show is “Looking for Love”, a video work in which a close-up camera is trained upon a record-player needle which is forcibly skipped around vintage pop records, trying to find any mention of love. Mesmerising.

David Rainbird
Posted on Saturday, 4th of October 2008 Permalink Comment (3)

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Fantastic stuff. I love the middle one especially, and the ‘looking for love’ piece sounds wonderful.

Posted by Camilla on Tuesday, October 2008 at 8:15 PM

woowww vwry nice photo

Posted by sohbet on Saturday, October 2008 at 12:22 PM

Love these cyanotypes, I’d check this work out for sure if I lived in the US. Saw a fantastic exhibit by Fabio Sandri a while ago, of a huge wall-size photogram, of his room. Also amazing work!

Posted by Heidi B on Monday, October 2008 at 6:47 PM

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