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If you're a Brock student, employee, or even visitor, chances are you have tried to navigate Mackenzie Chown Complex at some point and possibly even gotten lost. But have you ever wondered why it is built the way it is, or wondered about the art work inside it? Today's guest, Lesley Bell, has, and she's done the research to find the answers.\xa0\nTo mark the 50th anniversary of Canadian artist Michael Snow's 1972-1973 art installation in Mackenzie Chown (then called the Academic Staging Building), we talk with Lesley about the artist's work and his collaboration with the building's architect Raymond Moriyama. Lesley also shares some of her experiences as an art student at Brock in the 1980s, her decision to become an art librarian, and the changes she's experienced during her long career with Brock's Department of Visual Arts and the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts (MIWSFPA).\nStay tuned for an upcoming bonus episode when Lesley takes us on an audio walking tour of Mackenzie Chown Comlex and Michael Snow's art.\nLinks\nTimed Images: Michael Snow, 1972. Documentary by Lesley Bell and Tracey Van Oosten, 2021.\nA flock of geese fly again at Toronto's Eaton Centre (CBC Here and Now, 8 March 2023)\nAcclaimed artist Michael Snow remembered with campus art (Brock News, 13 Jan. 2023)\nCelebrated Canadian artist Michael Snow's contribution to Brock revisited in new documentary (Brock News, 18 Aug. 2021)\nMichael Snow's work featured at MIWSFPA (Brock News, 27 Sept. 2018)\nBeloved Visual Arts staffer inspires Art History award (Brock News, 31 Aug. 2018)\nMIWSFPA calls for donations to revive zine culture on campus (Brock News, 27 July 2018)\nTeutloff loved art \u2014 and how it looked on Brock\u2019s campus (Brock News, 25 Aug. 2017)\nBrock University Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts\nBrock University Department of Visual Arts\nBrock University MIWSFPA Learning Commons\n\xa0\nRelated Episodes\nS4E05 Archives & Special Collections with David Sharron\n\xa0\nCredits\nThank you for listening to Foreword!\xa0\nFind our footnotes, links to more information, transcripts, and past episodes on our website\xa0brocku.ca/humanities.\xa0\nWe love to hear from our listeners! Join us on\xa0Twitter\xa0and\xa0Instagram\xa0@brockhumanities.\xa0\nPlease subscribe and rate us on your favourite podcasting app\xa0so you don\u2019t miss an episode.\xa0\nForeword\xa0is hosted and produced by Alison Innes for the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.\xa0\nSeries four sound editing is by\xa0Serena Atallah. Theme music is by\xa0Khalid Imam.\xa0\nThis podcast is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.