Michael Snow

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Michael Snow (2006)

Michael James Aleck Snow , CC (* 10. December 1929 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a Canadian avant-garde film director , experimental filmmaker , painter , sculptor , writer , photographer and jazz - musicians .

life and work

Sculpture The Audience at the Rogers Center in Toronto

Michael Snow studied at Upper Canada College and the Ontario College of Art. After completing his studies, he visited Europe in 1953/54 and then worked for a small Toronto film production company until 1956. That same year he had his first own exhibition at Avrom Isaacs's Greenwich Gallery in Toronto. Since then his work has been shown at exhibitions across Europe, North America and South America. He stayed in New York from 1962 to 1964 , and returned to Toronto in 1972. Between 1961 and 1967 he created several works in different media based on the silhouette of a young woman. A series of eleven sculptures were shown at Expo 67 in the Ontario Pavilion.

He was a participant in Documenta 5 in Kassel in 1972 in the Film Show: New American Cinema department and also represented as an artist at Documenta 6 in 1977. His works were shown at the Center Pompidou in Paris in 2000 and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 2005 . Michael Snow is considered one of the most influential experimental filmmakers. His most famous public works include the sculptures at the Rogers Center sports arena and the Flightstop sculpture at the Eaton Center , which depicts Canada geese inside the mall.

He was originally a professional jazz musician and designed soundtracks for his films, for example New York Eye and Ear Control .

As a pianist, he has performed as a soloist and with other musicians, especially in the group CCMC , which he co-founded, in North America, Europe and Japan. Snow performs regularly internationally in Canada and has recorded more than half a dozen albums since the mid 1970s. He is also internationally known as a sculptor and draftsman. Snow was married to the Canadian film artist Joyce Wieland (1931-1998).

Filmography (selection)

  • 1956: A to Z
  • 1964: New York Eye and Ear Control
  • 1965: Short Shave
  • 1967: Wavelength
  • 1967: Standard Time
  • 1969: One Second in Montreal
  • 1969: Dripping Water (with Joyce Wieland)
  • 1969: <---> ( Back and Forth )
  • 1970: Side Seat Paintings Slides Sound Film
  • 1971: La Région Centrale
  • 1974: Two Sides to Every Story
  • 1974: 'Rameau's Nephew' by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
  • 1976: Breakfast (Table Top Dolly)
  • 1981: Presents
  • 1982: So Is This
  • 1988: Seated Figures
  • 1990: See You Later
  • 1991 To Lavoisier, Who Died in the Reign of Terror
  • 2000: Prelude
  • 2000: The Living Room
  • 2002: Corpus Callosum
  • 2003: WVLNT ("Wavelength For Those Who Don't Have the Time")
  • 2005: SSHTOORRTY

Exhibitions

literature

  • Exhibition catalog: documenta 5. Survey of Reality - Imagery Today ; Catalog (as a file folder) Volume 1: (Material); Volume 2: (list of exhibits); Kassel 1972
  • documenta archive (ed.); Resubmission d5 - A survey of the archive on documenta 1972 ; Kassel / Ostfildern 2001, ISBN 3-7757-1121-X
  • Catalog for documenta 6: Volume 1: Painting, sculpture / environment, performance; Volume 2: photography, film, video; Volume 3: Hand drawings, utopian design, books; Kassel 1977 ISBN 3-920453-00-X

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Museum page on the exhibition , accessed on April 27, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Snow, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Snow, Michael James Aleck (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian film artist, painter, musician, sculptor and writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Canada