Every person's remembering will be different. That engagement is important, I think.
Christian MarclayI've worked with collage a lot. And there's this chance thing that happens - you don't always control things. Why did you find this today and not this? But you've got this thing, and you make it work. It's the way life is, I suppose. Whatever happens, you deal with it.
Christian MarclayIf the music in a groove fits with what you're playing, then play it; if not, then you can play it backwards. If that doesn't work, you try it at a different speed. If it really doesn't work you just break it. The whole ritual to put a record on a turntable just to listen to it, I don't do that too often.
Christian MarclayIt's good to get away from the editing suite. It's very unhealthy to be sitting in front of the screen for too long.
Christian MarclayPhotography is solitary and there are lags between seeing with your eyes and seeing through the lens, and then seeing the image on your computer... I often see things after the fact. So thereโs a revelatory quality. And this definitely includes a sense of playfulness, because youโre not sure what the consequences are going to be.
Christian Marclay