Christian Marclay, ‘Mixed Reviews (American Sign LAnguage)’ (2006)
This video takes writing about music as its theme, and depicts American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter Jonathan Kovacs signing a long, collaged text made by Marclay from reviews of musical performances and records.
‘Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore’ (1999) by Mark Leckey.
Fragments of found video footage from nightclubs are spliced together, repeated, slowed down and edited into a filmed collage about British subcultures.
Shot on video in Detroit Michigan, the characters walk through the desolate streets in real video sometimes in groups and sometimes alone. The image wobbles, flips and turns inside of the video frame. A commercial voice over actress speaks from texts Wolfson collected from the internet referencing identity, technology, memory and mortality most of which are personal accounts spoken in first person. Every few minutes Jordan Wolfson interrupts her giving basic formal instructions and adjustments distorting her tone, volume, and “sex”
