Elizabeth Legge's Critical Study of Michael Snow's Wavelength
Elizabeth Legge has authored a critical study of Michael Snow's 1966 film Wavelength, published by Afterall as part of its One Work series. The film, lasting forty-five minutes, features a slow zoom across a New York City loft space accompanied by a rising sine wave, exploring perception. Legge analyzes the film's tensions, sensuous beauty, light, color, and perspectival depth, noting its role in shaping vocabulary for experimental film and its function as a backdrop for ideological and intellectual debates.
Key facts
- Michael Snow made the film Wavelength in 1966.
- The film is forty-five minutes long.
- The camera slowly zooms across a New York City loft space.
- The film is accompanied by a rising sine wave.
- Elizabeth Legge authored the critical study.
- The study is published by Afterall.
- Wavelength was crucial for experimental film vocabulary.
- The film has been a backdrop for ideological and intellectual dramas.
Entities
Artists
- Michael Snow
- Elizabeth Legge
Institutions
- Afterall
- MIT Press
Locations
- New York City
- United States
Sources
- Afterall —