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.
Ron Green
356 W 7th Ave
Columbus OH 43201
Landline/Answer Machine: 614.421.2131
Cell/Text: 614.313.7519
J. Ronald Green
Professor Emeritus of Film Studies
Department of History of Art
The Ohio State University
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