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===Other media=== [[Image:TorontoEatonCentre.jpg|thumb|left|Interior of the Eaton Centre showing one of Michael Snow's best known sculptures ''Flight Stop'', which depict [[Canada goose|Canada geese]] in flight.]] Before Snow moved to New York in 1963,<ref name = Hoberman/> he began a long-term project that for six years would be his trademark: the Walking Woman. [[Martha Langford]] in ''Michael Snow: Life & Work'' describes this work as employing a single form that offered an infinite number of creative possibilities, the figure itself perceived variably as "a positive (a presence to be looked at) and a negative (an absence to be looked through)."<ref name="langford " /> His 1962 work ''Four to Five'' consisted of a grid of photographs of the Walking Woman placed in Toronto streets and subway stations, inviting the viewer to consider how public space transforms the sculpture.<ref name=":0" /> Langford identifies duality as a guiding principle in Snow’s work. By combining materials and methods Snow creates hybrid objects that often defy classification.<ref name="langford " /> A work which exemplifies Snow's testing of stylistic boundaries is his 1979 installation ''[[Flight Stop]]'' (also titled ''Flightstop''), a [[Site-specific art|site-specific]] work in Toronto's [[Toronto Eaton Centre|Eaton Centre]] mall, which looks like a sculptural representation of sixty geese, but is in fact an intricate combination of fibreglass forms and photographs of a single goose.<ref name="langford " /> In 1982, Snow sued the corporate owner of the Toronto Eaton Centre for violating his moral rights by altering ''Flight Stop''. In the landmark case [[Snow v Eaton Centre Ltd]], the [[Ontario High Court of Justice]] affirmed the artist's right to the integrity of their work. The operator of the Toronto Eaton Centre was found liable for violating Michael Snow's moral rights by putting Christmas bows on the work.<ref name="langford " /><ref>(1982), 70 CPR (2d) 105.</ref> Snow's works have been in Canadian pavilion at world fairs since his ''Walking Women'' sculpture was exhibited at [[Expo 67]] in Montréal.{{CN|date=January 2023}} He was chosen to represent Canada at the [[Venice Biennale]] in 1970; this was the first solo exhibition held at the Biennale's [[Canadian pavilion|Canadian Pavilion]].<ref name=":0" /> His bookwork ''BIOGRAPHIE of the Walking Woman / de la femme qui marche 1961-1967'' (2004) was published in Brussels by La Lettre vole. It consists of images of the public appearances of his globally famous icon.{{CN|date=January 2023}} ''Anarchive2: Digital Snow'' describes Michael Snow as "one of the most significant artists in contemporary art and cinema of the past 50 years." This 2002 DVD was initiated by Paris’ [[Centre Pompidou]] and was produced with the support of la foundation Daniel Langlois, [[Université de Paris]], Heritage Canada, the [[Canada Council]], Téléfilm Canada and Montreal’s Époxy. It is an encyclopedia of Snow's works across media, browsed in a manner inimitably and artfully created by Snow. Its 4,685 entries include film clips, sculpture, photographs, audio and musical clips, and interviews.{{CN|date=January 2023}}
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