Christian Marclay: Action

Zoom Zoom, Froosh Sploosh, Bam: The exhibition Christian Marclay: Action at Aargauer Kunsthaus in Aarau (Switzerland) focuses on Swiss American artist Christian Marclay’s interest in the subject of onomatopoeia. The show features around 120 works, which - in contrast to Marclay’s many sound-based works – are silent, although they do aim to evoke sounds within the viewer, to make us aware of how intensely we “hear” with our eyes. One example is the work Manga Scroll (2010). It employs onomatopoeia collected