Robert Smithson Movies

  • 2004
    Mono Lake

    Mono Lake

    Mono Lake

    42004HD

    Mono Lake is a document of a unique natural environment, a "home movie" of the artists' 1968 road trip, and an intimate view of three seminal figures...

    Mono Lake
  • 2013
    The Making of Amarillo Ramp

    The Making of Amarillo Ramp

    The Making of Amarillo Ramp

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    The Making of Amarillo Ramp documents the construction of Robert Smithson's earthwork Amarillo Ramp. At age thirty-five, while photographing the si...

    The Making of Amarillo Ramp
  • 1971
    Bob with Books

    Bob with Books

    Bob with Books

    41971HD

    Shot on the roof of 799 Greenwich St., New York, Bob with Books is a short silent film by Nancy Holt on her husband, artist Robert Smithson, two years...

    Bob with Books
  • 2011
    Breaking Ground: Broken Circle/Spiral Hill

    Breaking Ground: Broken Circle/Spiral Hill

    Breaking Ground: Broken Circle/Spiral Hill

    02011HD

    40 years after the completion of the work 'Broken Circle/Spiral Hill', the film that Robert Smithson was never able to finish due to his untimely deat...

    Breaking Ground: Broken Circle/Spiral Hill
  • 1970
    Utah Sequences

    Utah Sequences

    Utah Sequences

    51970HD

    The film explores the environment—manmade and natural—at Rozel Point on the north arm of Great Salt Lake. The film captures wood cabins, an amphibious...

    Utah Sequences