Michael Snow
Music for Today
Author(s) Alan Licht
Format vinyl 33rpm
Year 2018
Artist(s) Michael Snow
Running time 49 min
Description
Recorded in 2019 at Centre Pompidou, Music for Today is the last public performance by Canadian artist Michael Snow, who passed away in 2023. Entirely improvised on a prepared piano, this musical piece is a true journey through the musical work of an artist who made perpetual experimentation an artistic practice in its own right.
Limited edition of 300 numbered copies.
33rpm vinyl
Special cut
Side A is played inwards
Side B is played backwards (starting from the center)
Tracks
Side A - Music for Today [inwards] 26:24mn
Side B - Musique pour aujourd'hui [backwards] 26:24mn
A multidisciplinary artist, Michael Snow (1929-2023) distinguished himself prolifically in the fields of painting, sculpture, photography, film and video, sound and music. He made his first film in 1956. Wavelength (1967) established him as one of the important filmmakers of the international avant-garde. He participated in most major international exhibitions.
Edited by Jonathan Pouthier and Philippe Decrauzat.
Text by Alan Licht.
published in February 2025