Spiral Jetty, 1971 August

Item — video: 26

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

A new Robert Smithson sculpture in the Great Salt Lake off Promontory Point. 02:02.

Louise Degn's note: The film was shot on a silent film camera. The aerials were shot from the KSL traffic airplane, which means the pilot and photographer was probably Jack Ford. The sounds of the airplane and the lake were recorded on audio tape separately and mixed with the reporter narration. Several years later I did another story on another piece of earth sculpture, Sun Tunnels, installed north of Wendover. Sun Tunnels was created by Smithson's widow, Nacy Holt. She made the tunnels at a plant in Lehi and let me take home one of the concrete cores removed to make the "stars" in each of the constellations. I sealed the "star" with a shiny goop and used it as a doorstop in my home for years. Original script available.

Dates

1971 August

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