FAH355H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Robert Smithson, Alex Colville, Spiral Jetty
Document Summary
Think of a research topic (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Remoteness / inaccessibility -> topic that"s brought up all the time in land and earth art: trying to get away from the gallery system commercial dominated system. He went to a place with an industry that was important to him (not quite remote) He"s in important historical site in the perspective of american technological innovations. Representations thru photography and video -> sometimes the only way to see the work. Dia foundation looks after spiral jelly: idea: what happens when people have environmental concerns around the works of art. Example = oil spill could destroy the spiral spill. Environmental movement starting -> artists are getting aware of this issue. He"s interested in the longer time frame. Asphalt being dumped down a quarry cliff. Documentation becomes critical -> could be sold for money. Some people find it interesting. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
