[Frameworks] RE : Michael Snow

[Colinet andré]

In 1999 there was a wonderful retrospective exhibition of his photographic work and films (1962-1999) at Palais des beaux-arts de Bruxelles.

It’s a pleasure to read in the catalogue his :        NOTES ON THE WHYS AND HOWS OF
                                                                                              MY PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS
                                                                                                        Michael Snow

André Colinet
Brussels



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De : Fred Camper
Envoyé le :samedi 7 janvier 2023 01:18
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Objet :Re: [Frameworks] Michael Snow

Yes, agreed, thanks for that effusive inventory, of which Snow is fully worthy.

But something else. I went to his large 1994 retrospective in Toronto. Suddenly the films seemed only one part of a much larger project, playful and serious, engaginng profoundly with issues of representation in art, not in the current narrow sense of the word as to what kind of people are included or not included but in the sense of questioning and playing with all the ways a visual element in an art work can refer to something else. His drawing, paintings, sculptures, holograms, films, and yes, rather great slide shows that were not really much like his films at all mostly seemed of equal importance to me, and I don't think he can be fully understood without seeing a wide range of his work in different media. That would include his much later playful video installations, also shown in Toronto maybe fifteen years ago.  

On the other hand, I don't claim to fully understand him having seen all that. Let's hope for more exhibitions...

Fred Camper
Chicago


On 1/6/2023 6:03 PM, Green, Ron Green wrote:
Ah, I just heard that Michael Snow has died. This really hurts. One of the most astonishingly original, inventive, expansive, minutely microscopic, musical, encyclopedic, poetic, theoretic filmmakers of all time. A magnificent improvising pianist, jazz avant-garde and sound artist and theorist, photographer, book maker, public artist, and multi-dimensional hybridizer. His work is an infinite joy to study and teach. I loved watching him at the various congresses for experimental film and watching him meet and enjoy Klaus Wyborny in Berlin. I loved hearing from one of the curators in a Vienna museum about Snow's amazing performance on solo piano at the Musikverein the month before. Seeing him in attendance years ago at the conference on Hollis Framton in Chicago, one wished such a conference for him—never mind, he was celebrated all over and very often, and will reward attention for a long time. What a lovely person.  


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