The Collected Writings of Michael SnowWriting, for Michael Snow, is as much a form of “art-making” as the broad range of visual art activities for which he is renowned, including the “Walking Woman” series and the film Wavelength. Conversely, many of the texts included in this anthology are as significant visually as they are at the level of content — they are meant to be looked at as well as read. Situated somewhere between a repository of contemporary thought by one of our leading Canadian artists and a history book as it brings to light some important moments in the cultural life of Canada since the 1950s, these texts tell their own story, marking the passage of time, ideas and attitudes. The works included here, ranging from essays and interviews and record album cover notes to filmscripts and speeches (which, in Snow’s hands, often fall into the category of performance art), are not only “built for browsing,” they offer insights into both the professional and the private Snow. Together, they expand the context of Snow’s work and show the evolution of a great Canadian artist, beginning with his early attempts at defining art, to his emergence and recognition on the international art scene. This book is one of four books that are part of the Michael Snow Project. Initiated by the Art Gallery of Ontario and The Power Plant Gallery, the project also includes four exhibitions of his visual art and music. |
Contents
The Artists Jazz Band Live at the Edge 1976 | 182 |
A Letter to Alvin Balkind 1976 | 186 |
Crushed Cookies Make Crumbs Liberates Swing Cuts Its Pulse 1978 | 188 |
Larry Dubins Music 1978 | 191 |
Conversation with Michael Snow 1978 | 195 |
CerisylaSalle 1979 | 203 |
Edinburgh 1979 | 205 |
Statement for 10 Canadian Artists in the 1970s 1980 | 208 |
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On Wavelength 1968 | 39 |
Abitibi 1969 | 47 |
Tap 1969 | 49 |
Ten Questions to Michael Snow 1969 | 51 |
La Région Centrale 1969 | 53 |
Michael Snow in Conversation with Charlotte Townsend 1971 | 57 |
A Filmography by Max Knowles 1971 | 61 |
Passage Dairy 1971 | 66 |
The Life Times of Michael Snow 1971 | 68 |
De La 1972 | 81 |
An Interview with Michael Snow 1972 | 82 |
Michael Snow in Discussion with John Du Cane 1973 | 87 |
Boucherville Montréal Toronto London 1973 | 92 |
Notes for Rameau s Nephew by Diderot Thanx to Dennis Young by Wilma Schoen 1974 | 97 |
Some Scripts for Rameau s Nephew by Diderot Thanx to Dennis Young by Wilma Schoen 1974 | 104 |
Tom Gibsons Photographs 1974 | 172 |
Michael Snow Musics for Piano Whistling Microphone and Tape Recorder 1975 | 173 |
So Is This 1982 | 209 |
Michael Snow and Bruce Elder in Conversation 1982 | 221 |
On Murray Favro 1982 | 232 |
Handwritten To Write 1982 | 235 |
On Hollis Frampton 1984 | 241 |
Music and Me 1986 | 249 |
An Entrance to Redifice 1987 | 251 |
The Audience 1987 | 253 |
Laocoön of the People 1987 | 254 |
The Last LP 1987 | 257 |
Trying to Figure It Out 1987 | 279 |
Statement for an Exhibition Tokyo 1988 | 281 |
A Personal History 1989 | 284 |
Admission or Marcel Duchamp 1989 | 286 |
Sign Paintings by Robert Hedrick 1990 | 290 |
Statement for the 8th Biennial of Sydney Australia 1990 | 292 |
Statement for an Exhibition Paris 1992 | 293 |