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200014 minGdoc-short

Music History Racial Justice

Guitar Drag

200014 minGdoc-short

An electric guitar is dragged behind a pick-up truck in Texas, producing a cacophony that references a racially motivated murder from 1998.

Music History Racial Justice

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Christian Marclay

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An electric guitar is dragged behind a pick-up truck in Texas, producing a cacophony that references a racially motivated murder from 1998.

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Christian Marclay drags an electric guitar behind a pick-up truck in Texas. The 14-minute video creates a cacophonic sound reminiscent of noise music and the destruction of instruments at rock concerts. This act references the 1998 murder of James Byrd Jr., who was dragged by a truck for several kilometers near the filming location. The work connects the violence of the act with the chaotic noise produced by the guitar.

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