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Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.

- Christian Marclay
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With improvisation, I just do it. It might be a total failure but then you just throw the dice again.

The process of editing is what I enjoy most - putting the pieces together and making sense out of them.

I have never been much of a painter.

As an artist, you're always somewhat obscure. We're not talking Hollywood.

Every person's remembering will be different. That engagement is important, I think.

I admire the abstract expressionists and pop artists so right now I'm referencing American '60s art and at the same time referencing Japanese manga culture.

Since I was a child I have always been cutting things out and gluing them together rather than drawing them.

These things I sample, or clip, are things that we share - music, films, sounds. It triggers a layer of participation from the audience as they recognize the material and remember it.

We 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.

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Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.

Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.

Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.

Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.

Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.

Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.

Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.

Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.

Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.

Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.

Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.

Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.

Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.

Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.

Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.