January 20, 2004
Robert Smithson: Spiral Jetty
In 1970, artist Robert Smithson used mud, salt crystals and rocks to create Spiral Jetty, a 1,500 foot spiral sculpture in Utah's Great Salt Lake. Unfortunately, the water level was unusually low at the time of its creation, and the sculpture has been submerged for 30 years...until now. [via NPR's Talk of the Nation]
In 1970, artist Robert Smithson used mud, salt crystals and rocks to create Spiral Jetty, a 1,500 foot spiral sculpture in Utah's Great Salt Lake. Unfortunately, the water level was unusually low at the time of its creation, and the sculpture has been submerged for 30 years...until now. [via NPR's Talk of the Nation]
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I wonder if you could wade along it when it was still underwater, but only a few feet deep - that would be even more remarkable than walking along the fully emerged jetty.
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This makes me think of Andy Goldsworthy.
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This makes me think of Uzumaki, which creeped the hell out of me. I don't think I could go to sleep near the Jetty.
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Transitory art forms, reflections in a world of changes...as a lake reflects a changing sky.
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Transitory art forms, reflections in a world of changes...as a lake reflects a changing sky. A kindred spirit of beeswacky, perhaps?