A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
January 25, 2000
Original Title:
Guitar Drag
Genres:
Documentary | Music
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 14
For this video shot in Texas, Christian Marclay connected an electric guitar to an amplifier and dragged it behind a pick-up truck. The resulting cacophonic sound evokes noise music and the destruction of instruments at rock concerts and in Fluxus performances. The work refers more precisely to a racist murder committed in 1998 not far from the film location - James Byrd Jr. an African American, was dragged by a truck for several kilometers.
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