Robert Smithson Movies

  • 2018
    Bird Box

    Bird Box

    Bird Box

    6.82018HD

    Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.

    Bird Box
  • 1969
    Swamp

    Swamp

    Swamp

    5.51969HD

    The action of the film is direct: Holt walks through the tall grasses of a swamp while filming with her Bolex camera, guided only by what she can see...

    Swamp
  • 1970
    Spiral Jetty

    Spiral Jetty

    Spiral Jetty

    51970HD

    This film, made by the artist, Robert Smithson, with the assistance of Virgina Dwan, Dwan Gallery & Douglas Christmas, Director, Ace Gallery,...

    Spiral Jetty
  • 1969
    East Coast, West Coast

    East Coast, West Coast

    East Coast, West Coast

    41969HD

    East Coast, West Coast, Holt and Smithson's first collaborative experiment with video, takes the form of a humorous bi-coastal art dialogue. Joined...

    East Coast, West Coast
  • 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,...

    Utah Sequences
  • 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...

    Bob with Books
  • 2013
    The Making of Amarillo Ramp

    The Making of Amarillo Ramp

    The Making of Amarillo Ramp

    52013HD

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

    The Making of Amarillo Ramp
  • 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
  • 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...

    Breaking Ground: Broken Circle/Spiral Hill
  • 1965
    Enantiomorphic Chambers

    Enantiomorphic Chambers

    Enantiomorphic Chambers

    01965HD

    n 1964 Robert Smithson made a sculpture called Enantiomorphic Chambers that cleverly exploited our two-eyed nature to haunting metaphysical ends....

    Enantiomorphic Chambers