Clockshower
1973
Video, 00:13:50.
Materials: 16 mm film on video
Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. BK007765_2).
This film shows one of Matta-Clark’s most daring happenings. Suspended from the huge face of a clock tower high above the streets of New York, he washes and shaves and brushes his teeth. The film clearly refers to the slapstick of the silent movie.