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Michael Snow (American, born Canada, 1929)
Two Sides to Every Story, 1974
From the early 1960s onward, Michael Snow has produced work in film, photography, painting, holography, sound installation, music, and sculpture. Two Sides to Every Story explores the interface between the three-dimensional illusion of the film image and the two-dimensional presence of the film screen.
On two sides of a metal screen hung in the center of the gallery, two films are projected in continuous loops from opposite ends of the room. Both films show a woman making a series of movements as she walks between two cameramen positioned opposite each other. The films projected on opposite sides of the screen re-present the two differing perspectives of the cameramen. The viewer can only see these by walking from one side of the screen to the other. Snow breaks down the single viewpoint of the camera, redefining the cinematic as a complex spatial experience. Neither side of the screen can be read as front or back; both are interchangeable and, therefore, rendered equal.
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About Michael Snow
Born 1929, Toronto, Ontario
Lives in Toronto, Ontario
Internationally known as a visual artist, filmmaker and musician, Michael Snow had his first exhibition in 1965. After experimenting with drawing, painting, sculpture and photography, he eventually focused on the art of film. His underground film Wavelength established Snow as a renowned artist and influenced filmmakers worldwide. Wavelength is an edited zoom shot from a single camera position. The zoom progresses for forty-five minutes, transforming a view of a Manhattan loft to a small view of a wall in a room. A single electronic sound chord accompanies the image in the film, rising from its lowest to its highest note. As in Two Sides to Every Story, Wavelength demonstrates Snow's continuing interest in film's ability to look through objects and challenge our assumptions about transparency and opacity.
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Gary Hill (American, born 1951)
Hole in the Wall, 1974/2001
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