DISCOGRAPHIE is inspired by Chrisitian Marclay’s artistic approach and encourages participants to explore the relationship between sound, music and image.

Taking part in Discographie

Participants are given a blank white album cover containing a record that has been removed from its original cover. Students are asked to listen to their album and create an album cover for the record they receive. This project challenges students to reflect on the visual representation of sound and music and find inspiration in a randomly selected record.

Participants take part in an interactive visit to the exhibition accompanied by DHC/ART educators. This visit includes a mini-course on the history of album cover art and a short visual presentation including images of
influential album covers from the 1950s to the present.

Participants receive their blank album cover and album after their visit. The Education Space is equipped with record players so that participants can listen to their albums after the exhibition visit and return anytime during gallery opening hours for a listening session.

Participants have two (2) weeks to create an album cover. Participants’ will be exhibited on the project website and in record boxes in the Education Space for the duration of the exhibition. Participants and the
public are invited see the projects and listen to the records.

The exhibition

REPLAY is a fascinating selection of Christian Marclay’s video works created. Marclay explores the fusion of fine art and audio cultures, transforming sounds and music into visible, physical form, through performance, collage, sculpture, installation, photography and video.

The outcome is a full sensory experience where the realms of image and sound are combined with a pop-culture sensibility and the traditions of avant-garde artists such as John Cage, Laurie Anderson and the Fluxus Group.

REPLAY was originally conceived by and presented at the Cité de la musique (Paris) 2007.