A Casing Shelved

A Casing Shelved

  • Overview
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1970

Runtime

0h 45m

Original Title

A Casing Shelved

Director

Michael Snow

Description

Michael Snow's 1970 film A Casing Shelved combines a projection of a 35mm slide showing a bookcase in Snow's studio with a tape-recorded narration by the artist that discusses various objects within the image. Not only addressing viewers directly, Snow's narration attempts to direct our eyes toward specific portions of the image, as if spectatorial vision could function in a manner analogous to camera vision.