Episode Notes

Books

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  Beardsley, John. Earthworks and Beyond: Contemporary Art in the Landscape. New York: Abbeville Press, 1998.
  https://archive.org/details/earthworksbeyond0000bear

  
  


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  Smithson, Robert. The Collected Writings of Robert Smithson. Edited by Jack Flam. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996.
  https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520203853/the-collected-writings

  
  


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  Holt, Nancy. The Writings of Robert Smithson: Essays with Illustrations. New York University Press, 1979.
  https://archive.org/details/writingsofrobert0000smit

  
  


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  Tufnell, Ben. Land Art. London: Tate Publishing, 2006.
  https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/robert-smithson-1979

  
  


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  Kwon, Miwon. One Place After Another: Site-Specific Art and Locational Identity. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2002.
  https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262612029/one-place-after-another

  
  


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  Shapiro, Gary. Earthwards: Robert Smithson and Art After Babel. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997.
  https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520214132/earthwards

  
  

Journal Articles

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  Boettger, Suzaan. “Global Warnings: Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty in the Era of Climate Change.” Art Journal 67, no. 2 (2008): 24-45.
  https://doi.org/10.1080/00043249.2008.10791327

  
  


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  Krauss, Rosalind. "Sculpture in the Expanded Field." October 8 (Spring 1979): 30–44.
  https://doi.org/10.2307/778224

  
  


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  Roberts, Jennifer L. "The Mirror Displaced: Robert Smithson’s 'Spiral Jetty' and the Mirror Travel Works." October 100 (Spring 2002): 21-50.
  https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/10.1162/016228702753711781

  
  


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  Foster, Hal. “The Crux of Minimalism.” October 30 (Fall 1984): 31-46.
  https://doi.org/10.2307/778357

  
  


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  Strain, Ellen. "Desert Sites: 'Spiral Jetty' and the Cultural Construction of an American Wilderness." The Yale Journal of Criticism 12, no. 2 (1999): 257-281.
  https://muse.jhu.edu/article/13137

  
  

Documentary Films and Multimedia

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  Spiral Jetty: The First 50 Years. Directed by George Trimmer. Documentary Educational Resources, 2020.
  https://www.der.org/spiral-jetty-the-first-50-years/

  
  


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  Holt, Nancy, and Robert Smithson. Spiral Jetty: A Film by Robert Smithson. Electronic Arts Intermix, 1970.
  https://www.eai.org/titles/spiral-jetty

  
  


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  PBS. “Land Art: Robert Smithson and Spiral Jetty.” Art21: Art in the 21st Century. PBS, 2001.
  https://art21.org/watch/spiral-jetty/

  
  

Exhibition Catalogs

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  Whitney Museum of American Art. Robert Smithson: Retrospective Works 1955-1973. New York: Whitney Museum, 1985.
  https://whitney.org/exhibitions/robert-smithson

  
  


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  Dia Art Foundation. Robert Smithson: Spiral Jetty and Other Works. New York: Dia Art Foundation, 2004.
  https://www.diaart.org/exhibition/exhibitions-projects/robert-smithson

  
  

Online Resources and Archives

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  Dia Art Foundation. "Spiral Jetty." Accessed October 25, 2024.
  https://www.diaart.org/visit/visit/robert-smithson-spiral-jetty

  
  


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  Utah Museum of Fine Arts. “Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty: A Guide.” Last modified 2020.
  https://umfa.utah.edu/spiral-jetty

  
  


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  Holt/Smithson Foundation. “Spiral Jetty: A Legacy.” Accessed October 25, 2024.
  https://holtsmithsonfoundation.org/spiral-jetty

  
  

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