On screen, Balloons, Umbrellas & Snow is an image accompanied by a 6 digit archive number delineating the year, month and day. Against a stark black screen, the photographs suggest the look of a memento mori: a remnant suggesting death, the inevitable alteration of history, and in the photographs, the decay of memory. The work is accompanied by the score, Disintegration Loop 1.1 written by avant-garde composer William Basinski. This meditative composition, much like memories, disintegrates and changes over time, producing an ever dissolving reflection of what the image once was. On the occasion of Matthew Placek’s exhibition he sat down with avant guard composer William Basinski at Anthology Film Archives to discuss the iconic composition and its accompaniment to Balloons Umbrellas & Snow. BALLOONS UMBRELLAS & SNOW Matthew Placek On View Through October 15th at Baxter St CCNY & Anthology Film Archives Tuesday - Saturday 12-5PM NEW YORK CITY WWW.BALLOONSUMBRELLASANDSNOW.COM #balloonsumbrellasandsnow #matthewplacek #kodak #35mm #film #baxterstccny #anthologyfilmarchives #rockefellerbrothersfund #matthewplacek