Shenkman Lecture: Michael Snow

Posted by Border Crossings on March 24, 2015

This Wednesday, March 25, the University of Guelph and the School of Fine Art and Music present the 9th annual Dasha Shenkman Lecture in Contemporary Art, to commence at 6pm. Featured this year is the celebrated artist, Michael Snow, presenting Fine Art and Music.

From the University of Guelph website:

Since the fifties, Michael Snow has worked with objects, images and sound separately and together. In this year’s Shenkman Lecture, he will explore the identities of image and sound with examples from his manifold practice which includes drawing, collage, painting, sculpture, photographic works, lithography, holographic works, installation, film, video,bookworks, LP jackets, multiples, music improvisation, music composition, records, cassettes, CDs, performances, tours, broadcasts, soundtracks and sound installations.

For more details on the lecture, click here.

With works covered extensively by Border Crossings over the years, of particular interest is an interview conducted for Issue 102, titled “The Lord of Missed Rules.” You can read the full interview online here.

Recently published by Border Crossings is a review by Barry Schwabsky in Issue 130 Remaking the Real. The Crossover piece can be read here.