THE CLOCK @ the Rubinstein Atrium Lincoln Center

Now through Aug. 1, THE CLOCK is being shown, free to the public @ the Rubinstein Atrium from 8:00AM-10:00PM.  THE CLOCK is the artistic compilation of film footage covering a 24 hour day by Swiss artist and composer, Christian Marclay.  It is an homage to an international history of film, from the silent era to the present.  The continium of the entire footage is a connected to the actual present time by various measures of time:  clocks, watches, digital monitors, etc. There is also a melding of different scenes by various means of communication.  The background score is Marclay's compositons utilizing the sounds associated with the rush of time passing, ticking, clanging, all adding to a sense of urgency bordering on hysteria.  "Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." (Troly-Curtain)  I did not relish the 2 hr. wait in the sun despite having a book.  Take an umbrella, water or a friend to help pass the time.  Was it worth the wait?  I don't generally have the patience to stand in line but I endured, only to watch the film for 45 min. Einstein said that time is an illusion. I don't think so.  I do think THE CLOCK is a momentous work of art that is worth seeing measured against what your time is worth.  "Time is what we want most, but what we use worst." (W. Penn)