Spiral Jetty

Spiral Jetty

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 1, 1970

Runtime

0h 32m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

50%

Original Title

Spiral Jetty

Director

Robert Smithson

Description

This film, made by the artist, Robert Smithson, with the assistance of Virgina Dwan, Dwan Gallery & Douglas Christmas, Director, Ace Gallery, (the aforementioned Dwan & Christmas also assisted Smithson financially with the making of the Spiral Jetty), is a poetic and process minded film depicting a "portrait" of his renowned earth work -- The Spiral Jetty, as it juts into the shallows off the shore of Utah's Great Salt Lake. A voice-over by Smithson reveals the evolution of the Spiral Jetty.