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 soundbased 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