Michael Snow
(B. 1929 Toronto, Canada // D. Toronto, Canada, 2023)- Video Fields, 2015
- In the Way, 2011
- The corner of Braque and Picasso Streets, 2009
- Condensation-A Cove Story, 2008
- Puccini Conservato, 2008
- Reverberlin, 2007
- Triage_April 22 (with Carl Brown and John Kamevaar), 2005
- SSHTOORRTY, 2005
- Line drawing with Synapse, 2003
- Solar Breath (Northern Caryatids), 2002
- Corpus Callosum, 2002
- Prelude, 2000
- Sheeploop, 2000
- The living room, 2000
- La Ferme, 1998
- Place des peaux, 1998
- VUEEUV, 1998
- See you later / Au revoir, 1990
- Seated Figures, 1988
- So Is This, 1982
- Presents, 1981
- Hearing Aid, 1977-1976
- Cover to cover, 1975
- ‘Rameau´s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanks to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen, 1974
- Two sides to every story, 1974
- Observer, 1974
- La Région Centrale, 1971
- Slidelength, 1969-1971
- Side Seat Paintings Slides Sound Film, 1970
- A casting shelved, 1970
- <--> (back and forth), 1969
- Sink, 1969
- Wavelength, 1967
- New York Eye and Ear Control, 1964
- Little walk, 1964
<--> (back and forth), 1969
16mm, colour, sound, 53 min.
ENG
The camera continually moves back and forth, gradually speeding up until everything blurs. Then the camera begins to move up and down.
Snow refers to Back and Forth as an “educational film” which is a visual demonstration of the theory of relativity: E=MC2: in other words, the representation of a solid body (the classroom which becomes the mass) is transformed into energy (light) by means of speed (that of the camera, which executes horizontal and then vertical pans of varying speeds).
CAST
La cámara se desplaza continuamente de un lado a otro, aumentando gradualmente de velocidad hasta que únicamente percibimos un movimiento borroso. Tras detenerse brevemente reinicia la misma operación en vertical.
Snow se refiere a Back and Forth como una película “educativa” en tanto que constituye una demostración visual de la teoría de la relatividad: E=MC2. En otras palabras, la representación de un cuerpo sólido ( las sala convertida en masa) se transforma en energía (luz) mediante la velocidad (la de la cámara).
Still de Back and Forth, Michael Snow.