A 24-hour montage “The Clock” by artist Christian Marclay is presented by Prospect New Orleans in partnership with the Contemporary Arts Center, from November 10 through December 4, 2016.“The Clock” samples thousands of film excerpts from the history of cinema, from clock towers to wristwatches to buzzing alarm clocks, that indicate a passage of time edited together as a 24-hour montage, which won in the "Best Editing" category at the Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2011. Never before exhibited in the South, this masterful artwork incorporates scenes of car chases, board rooms, emergency wards, bank heists, high noon shootouts, detective dramas, and silent comedies appropriated from the last 100 years of cinema’s rich history. Christian Marclay has achieved international renown exhibiting his work for more than three decades in museums around the world.The exhibition is at Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, 900 Camp St, New Orleans, LA 70130. For details, visit: http://prospectneworleans.org/Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the show.
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