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Item: Clockshower

Gordon Matta-Clark

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.

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Gordon Matta-Clark
Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978) was one of the sons of the famous Chilean surrealist Roberto Echaurren Matta. After studying architecture in N

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