Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, Jasper Johns, Christian Marclay, Ed Ruscha, Tunde Adebimpe, fabulous fraud Mingering Mike, are some of the more well-known contributors to Duke University’s The Record, a massive examination and expansion of the circular, dusty, untenable, near-perfect vinyl-pressed recording. The exhibition has every medium under the sun: photography, painting, performance, sculpture, installations, video, and, but of course, sound. Also the B-Side section of their website is definitely worth a look, providing a host of great links for the record-curious. The focus and the involved are unimpeachable. For those of us who can’t make it to the exhibition itself, I’m confident some lovely things will trickle and ripple out from this fascinating cross-section.

Mingering Mike

Christian Marclay Mini-Documentary