Christian Marclay's The Clock: 24-Hour Screening

Join us for another 24-hour screening of artist Christian Marclay's The Clock, Thursday July 28th at 5 pm through Friday July 29th at 5 pm. Recently awarded the prestigious Golden Lion at this year's Venice Biennale, The Clock is a 24-hour single-channel montage constructed from thousands of moments of cinema and television history depicting the passage of time. Marclay has excerpted each of these moments from their original contexts and edited them together to create a functioning timepiece synchronized to local time wherever it is viewed—marking the exact time in real time for the viewer for 24 consecutive hours. The sampled clips come from films of all genres, time periods, and cultures, some lasting only seconds, others minutes, and have been culled from hundreds of films, famous and obscure, into a seamless whole. The result, a melding of video and reality, unfolds with a seemingly endless cast of cameos. This free screening will allow The Clock to be seen in the way Marclay intended, by making it available in its entirety.

Bing Theater | Free, no reservations | Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis | The Plaza Café will be open July 28 until 11 pm and will open again on July 29 at 8 am | Ray's will be open from 11 am until 11 pm & Stark Bar will remain open until 2 am | Please park in the Spaulding lot on the corner of Wilshire & Spaulding; $10; free from 7 pm to 6 am | Film may not be appropriate for all ages.

Co-presented by LACMA and

Image: Christian Marclay (United States, b. 1955), Details from The Clock, 2010, Single channel video, Variable dimensions 16:9, Purchased with funds provided by Steve Tisch through 2011 Collectors Committee, The Clock © Christian Marclay, courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York.

Please note: This is not a Film Department Program. For more information, please contact educate@lacma.org