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Christian Marclay's "The Sounds of Christmas"

@ The New Museum of Contemporary Art / Media Z Lounge (basement level) 583 Broadway between Houston & Prince Sts. New York, NY 10012 212-219-1222 http://www.newmuseum.org http://www.newmuseum.org

Installation and Performances December 14 - 31, 2000

This holiday season the New Museum of Contemporary Art's Media Z Lounge will feature artist and composer Christian Marclay with "The Sounds of Christmas." For this installation and performance series, Marclay has collected and archived over one thousand Christmas records. This vinyl collection is catalogued on a computer database and six videos documenting the album covers. A dozen deejays are invited to mix this seasonal music during four scheduled events. Some of New York's most original turntablists will be performing, including DJ Olive, Toshio Kajiwara, DJ Singe, the 5th Platoon, and Marclay himself, among others. The deejays will be limited to using the Christmas records in the collection. This presentation at the New Museum is the second annual installment of "The Sounds of Christmas," which was originally commissioned by and presented at ArtPace in San Antonio, Texas in December 1999.

"The Sounds of Christmas" will be on view December 14 -31, 2000.

Performances are from 6 to 9 pm, admission is free:

Thurs. DECEMBER 14: (opening party) Toshio Kajiwara (Ferris_Wheel, phonomena°) Darryl Hell (of EBN fame) Christian Marclay (Santa Claus)

Sat. DECEMBER 16: DJ Singe (of Soundlab fame) Justin Boyd (from San Antonio Texas) Hahn Rowe aka Somatic (on Caipirinha)

Sat. DECEMBER 23: DJ Olive, the Audio Janitor (theAgriculture°, phonomena°) Marina Rosenfeld (turntable opera diva) Chris Sattinger aka Timeblind (turntables w/ powerbook)

Sat. DECEMBER 30: 5th Platoon with: DJ Roli Rho - (2X Vibe World Champion) DJ Kuttin Kandi - (Source Champion) DJ Daddy Dog - (Rawkus Mixtape Winner) DJ Neil Armstrong - (5th-Platoon Founder)