Christian Marclay
Bollywood goes to Gstaad, 2013
17 minutes
single channel video, color with sound
Gondelbahn: ongoing
Ciné Théatre Gstaad: see display at cinema for screening times
Courtesy White Cube, London, and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Throughout the 1980’s and 90’s Switzerland was the preferred location for the Bollywood film industry to shoot romantic, fanciful scenes commonly known as the ‘Cut to Switzerland’. Mixing excerpts from films shot in or around Gstaad, Marclay captures the song and dance of another culture’s fascination with the Alps.
References:
www.smashits.com/bollywood-s-love-for-switzerland/bollywood-gossip-1681.html#Fdw6eXCpcul4EmQd.99
www.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/world/europe/12swiss.html
online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424...
entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/features/2012/yash-chopra-romantic-place-switzerland-101111.html
Christian Marclay is a Swiss and American visual artist and composer. Marclay's work explores connections between sound, noise, photography, video, and film.