If 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 MarclayThe process of editing is what I enjoy most - putting the pieces together and making sense out of them.
Christian MarclayWe go to the movies to forget about time, to be in a dream state. And it's entertainment, distraction, from the fact that everything is kind of crumbling in front of our eyes.
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