Snow M. The Collected Writings of Michael Snow

Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1994 — 293 p. — ISBN10: 0889202435; ISBN13: 978-0889202436.Writing, 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.Foreword by Louise DompierreThe Real "New Jazz," 1950
Poem, 1957
Something You Might Try, 1958
Title or Heading, 1961
A Lot of Near Mrs., 1962-63
Around about New York Eye and Ear Control, 1966
Statements/18 Canadian Artists, 1967
First to Last, 1967
Crafts, 1967
On Wavelength, 1968
Abitibi, 1969
Tap, 1969
Ten Questions to Michael Snow, 1969
La Region Centrale, 1969
Converging on La Rigion Centrale: Michael Snow in Conversation with Charlotte Townsend, 1971
Michael Snow; A Filmography by Max Knowles. 1971
Passage (Dairy). 1971
The Life & Times of Michael Snow, 1971
De La, 1972
Information or Illusion; An Interview with Michael Snow, 1972
The Camera and the Spectator: Michael Snow in Discussion with John Du Cane. 1973
Boucherville, Montreal, Toronto, London, 1973
Notes for Rameau's Nephew by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoetu 1974
Some Scripts for Rameau's Nephew by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen, 1974
Tom Gibson's Photographs, 1974
Michael Snow Musics for Piano, Whistling, Microphone and Tape Recorder, 1975
The A rtists' Jazz Band Live at the Edge, 1976
A Letter to Alvin Balkind, 1976
Crushed Cookies Make Crumbs Liberates Swing. Cuts Its Pulse, 1978
Larry Dubin's Music, 1978
Pierre Theberge: Conversation with Michael Snow, 1978
Cerisy-la-Salle, 1979
Edinburgh, 1979
Statement for 10 Canadian Artists in the 1970s, 1980
So Is This, 1982
Michael Snow and Bruce Elder in Conversation, 1982
On Murray Favro, 1982
(Hand-written) To Write, 1982
On Hollis Frampton, 1984
Music and Me, 1986
An Entrance to Redifice, 1987
The Audience, 1987
Laocoon of the People, 1987
The Last LP, 1987
Trying to Figure It Out, 1987
Statement for an Exhibition, Tokyo, 1988
Playing the Radio: A Personal History, 1989
Admission (or, Marcel Duchamp), 1989
Sign Paintings by Robert Hedrick, 1990
Statement for the 8th Biennial of Sydney, Australia, 1990
Statement for an Exhibition, Paris, 1992