CHRISTIAN MARCLAY FOOTSTEPS JECK SCHAEFER OTOMO/ RARE

$ 255

$ 255 Sold For

Dec 11, 2004 Sold Date

Dec 4, 2004 Start Date

19 Number Of Bids

Italy Country Of Seller

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Description

ULTRA RARE COLLECTOR'S ITEM - MINT/MINT - A TRUE PIECE OF MODERN ART.

Record liner notes by Christian Marclay:

    "From June 4th through July 16th 1989 the floor of one of the Shedhalle
    galleries, Zurich, was covered with 3500 copies of a record titled FOOT-
    STEPS. During the six weeks of the installation, people were invited to
    walk on the records-willingly or not, they had to step on them to reach
    the adjacent galleries where other sculptures were exhibited. The one-
    sided record, containing the sopunds of footsteps, was recorded in Decem-
    ber 1988 in the deserted hallways of the Clocktower (N.Y.), and in the
    studios of Harmonic Ranch (N.Y.), where Keiko Uenishi's tap dancing was
    mixed in. During the gallery installation the work could be looked at,
    stepped on and walked through, but the recording was never heard, its
    content merely suggested by its title. Over the course of six weeks, more
    than 1500 visitors walked over the fragile floor, contributing to the
    final composition by altering the records' surface with dirt and scrat-
    ched. At the end of the exhibition, the records, which were attached to
    the floor with double-sided tape, were removed. The record enclosed in
    this package is one of them. When played, the footmark scratches and
    recorded footsteps blend in a final aleatory composition of rhythmic
    patterns, with as many variations as there are records. One thousand of
    these records have been made available. Dedicated to the memory of Fred
    Astaire."