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| Paper: |
Modern Earthworks and Their Cosmic Embrace |
| Volume: |
441, The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena VI |
| Page: |
225 |
| Authors: |
Hatch, J. G. |
| Abstract: |
This paper examines the use of sky imagery in a number of modern
Earthworks. They range from Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty
(1970), Robert Morris' Observatory (1971), Nancy Holt's Sun
Tunnels (1973-76), to ongoing manifestations like Charles Ross'
Star Axis (1971-present) and James Turrell's Roden Crater
Project (1974-present). My interest in discussing these various
works is to look at why so many of them have focused on the firmament,
what factors contributed to this interest, their specific meaning,
what the various sites of these works have offered, and last but not
least, their possible relationship to past Earth projects, like
Stonehenge and Machu Picchu, for example, that have also embraced the
sky as their subject. |
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