Spiral Jetty, Sun Tunnels, and Salt

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6 жыл бұрын

We ventured into the Utah countryside to visit some of the best loved Land Art works of the 1970s, Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty and Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels, and check out the art that is happening there now. Also featured: William Lamson's Mineralogy, The Center for Land Use Interpretation, and lots and lots of salt.
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@vlogbrothers 6 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful video. -John

@drewliedtke2377 6 жыл бұрын

I grew up in the SLC area and yet I was nearly 29 before visiting Spiral Jetty. I spent this past New Year’s Eve night there and was overwhelmed with joy at the experience even though it was only lit by the moon. My wife and I walked barefoot in the cold sand. Not talking. Just walking. It was wonderful.

@matthewstevens4871 4 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing the Spiral Jetty in the late 90's right after it resurfaced. All the black rocks were covered with beautiful salt crystals. It was magic.

@amandastubbs7227 6 жыл бұрын

I live around the area this was filmed. It is kind of crazy to see landscapes that I take for granted so beautifully captured. It makes me appreciate what I have

@Mjao519 3 жыл бұрын

And I would like to go there! But it's so far, I live in southern Sweden. Appreciate it and we'll see if I can get there some day.

@teacherdude 5 жыл бұрын

Not only are the videos deeply informative, they are beautiful as well, and not only because they describe beautiful objects.

@JordanLeigh 6 жыл бұрын

I’ve lived here all my life. ♥️ it’s beaUTAHful

@curiousorigins 4 жыл бұрын

Jordan Me too. Weirdly never heard that pun. 😂 It’s fantastic.

@randomizedcontent9461 4 жыл бұрын

HECK YEAH

@braincraft 6 жыл бұрын

This episode is BEAUTIFUL. More drones, please. Thanks.

@KAANCLUB 3 жыл бұрын

it was

@AarmOZ84 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to come out to my home state and sharing the beauty of land art. I work in Box Elder County so I heard lots about Nancy Holt over the years.

@annaelizabeth3035 6 жыл бұрын

Ahh, I’m from Northern Utah and it’s so nice to see it represented!

@axolotl.4078 6 жыл бұрын

I have added visiting the sun tunnels to my bucket list solely because of this channel

@theartassignment 6 жыл бұрын

Have a full tank of gas and lots of water and snacks. It's completely worth it.

@vinceo0 5 жыл бұрын

Just discovered this page... beautifully filmed, directed, edited and narrated. I can't stop watching the videos.

@cmm6p 6 жыл бұрын

There's so much more going on in here than I'd have guessed just looking at a list or even pics of these installations. Thank you. Those sun tunnels! Wow.

@ArielBissett 6 жыл бұрын

This was a great video. I learned a lot and had a fun time pulling back things I used to know about land art. Thanks!

@theartassignment 6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! (My video research process can be aptly described as "pulling back things I used to know")

@burkleypage1443 6 жыл бұрын

The sun tunnels are my favorite as a utahn because most people here don't know about them. They are so simple and beautiful but so empty for 363 days of the year. The other 2 days people visit for one fleeting moment as the sun rises or sets, so 4 times a year it seems, people care about them. The rest of the year they are constant, and I love to visit them

@michiko-chue2988 5 жыл бұрын

Burkley Page Nancy Holt’s 😭😭 I badly want to go

@namlhots 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks you for continuing to include artitecture in your work. And I see you up there, Arts Indianapolis Homes Realty, Lawrence Abrahamson, Patrick Hanna, M12 Studio, Robert Rupp, and Constance Urist. Your are the best, thank you for patronizing art.

@andromedaj2894 6 жыл бұрын

It's amazing to see the mountains I look at every day portrayed in the background of some of the most incredible works of art in Utah recorded with such beauty and care. It used to be my dream to leave Utah after highschool, but I look around at all the incredible and unexpected art and scenery here and it's videos like this that make it so difficult to leave. I enjoyed it so much, thank you

@Xenolilly 6 жыл бұрын

I really liked the windows in the dessert capturing the sky.

@TheBeastANW 6 жыл бұрын

This show is excellent.

@familiar-spirit 6 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thanks for teaching me about these moving and beautiful installations in a place I wouldn't have thought to look for them!! I feel a roadtrip calling me. Also the photography and editing of this video is particularly stunning.

@samrust4366 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for highlighting my beautiful home state! Next time you come to utah, make sure you hit some of the state/national parks (my favorites are zion and arches)

@Judithwhite315 6 жыл бұрын

I live here & love living here. This roadtrip is a summer bucket list item. It's a fascinating contrast between desert & mountains.

@ACSReactions 6 жыл бұрын

This video was absolutely gorgeous. We're also suckers for crystal formation.

@D9992. 6 жыл бұрын

I hope one day I'm able to go on this trip.

@carly7958 6 жыл бұрын

My best friends and i are road tripping this summer from KC, Kansas to Seattle and this is on our way!!!! I’ve added it to our list of places to stop by! So excited to see it in person

@emmathejourneywoman 6 жыл бұрын

This is an amazingly beautiful video! Spiral jetty and Sun Tunnels are some of my favorite pieces of art to talk about with my students at BYU (when I'm a TA for Interdisciplinary Humanities classes). It's art that you can climb on and through and over and it's a road trip away, so go see it! We were planning on making some sort of trip out to the Salt Flats next month and this gave us the perfect guide. Thank you so much for featuring Utah! I'm so excited to see more from this channel! It's one of my absolute favorites.

@NotHPotter 6 жыл бұрын

That was absolutely gorgeous. My todo list now includes getting a drone to take footage like you did over some of those salt flats. Seriously, that was amazing.

@theartassignment 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent place to fly drones. The only hazards are birds (which is a real hazard)!

@genevievearmstrong781 6 жыл бұрын

The art assignment videos are usually well done and nicely shot but this epidsode became a piece of stunning art! Just beautiful. I felt emersed even though im watching on my phone.

@theartassignment 6 жыл бұрын

Agree! Mark Olsen did all of the camera operating and editing for this (as he does for 95% of our videos), and really outdid himself here.

@wolfcoding 3 жыл бұрын

I live in Utah and wasn’t aware of a lot of these sites. They are now on my list to visit. Thank you for creating and sharing this!

@pessoasombra 6 жыл бұрын

Incredible episode. Thank you.

@PresleyMartin1 6 жыл бұрын

Now I'm going to be waiting for the salt-food-art connection video. It's seems like you were speaking slightly slower in this episode, I appreciated it.

@KieraJo 5 жыл бұрын

I am from Box Elder County (Brigham City), and earlier this Summer, I visited the Spiral Jetty for the first time! It was really cool to see it featured on The Art Assignment and to learn more about the history. Thanks!

@KannikCat 6 жыл бұрын

Fabulous! I've always considered land art a kind of installation art (which I love) writ large, and the Spiral Jetty is on my list of places to go and experience. The interactions between our intervention and the surroundings, both physical and ephemeral (such as by sight lines or registrations) is electrifying to me, heightening awareness and being somehow wonderfully grounding. I'm also intrigued by Mineralogy! That looks like a wonderful piece. Thank you for another great episode!

@SimsMusicals 6 жыл бұрын

damn i love this channel

@matthewstevens4871 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for visiting us here in Utah!

@KatrinaEames 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, it's all so beautiful. And it made me think of why the latest Star Wars movie was set on an abandoned salt mine.

@theartassignment 6 жыл бұрын

We made the same comparison while there! No epic showdown, however.

@yvonnebouwhuis9419 6 жыл бұрын

I have been in love with spiral jetty since I had to do a project On it in one of my bachelors art history courses, I don’t remember much of what I wrote now but the spiral jetty has mystified me ever since.

@AmbroseReed 6 жыл бұрын

The American west has been calling me for about a year, and this definitely added to that. Such otherworldly, beautiful landscapes.

@ojiverdeconfleco 6 жыл бұрын

Wow!! Beautiful video! I also like the idea of art as one way of saying "we were here" everywhere.

@brianbaker4030 6 жыл бұрын

This was awesome! I lived not far from those Utah sites for most of my childhood, and I still haven't been out to see them. All of this made me think of a piece of land art in Idaho. It's a recreation of the Chartres labyrinth made on the desert floor with lava rock. It's one of my favorite places on earth. Maybe it could make it into one of your videos someday!

@angelabinuya7684 2 жыл бұрын

Came here because of The Anthropocene Reviewed. This video is so cool

@bimbo6345 6 жыл бұрын

I'm catching up on the Art Assignment videos because I finally had a day off from work, and while I'm usually blown away by the insight and nuance of these trips, as a professional photographer, I must say that from a visual standpoint alone, the production value on this one is astounding! The landscapes and structures are already overwhelmingly beautiful, and your filming crew did a superb job on capturing it for the people who can't visit these locations. Thank you, thank you, thank you for a well-thought-out and beautiful video!

@poeven 5 жыл бұрын

Sarah has a phenomenal narrating voice!

@ryrylamby 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for teaching me more about the state I live in.

@maysamarres4763 4 жыл бұрын

This is probably one of the videos I've watched the most on KZfaq. The beautiful scenery, the calming voiceover and abundant information never fail to give me a sense of calm and grounding. I love it so much ! Thank you for providing such amazing content. xx

@lawrencecalablaster568 6 жыл бұрын

This is simply amazing. I am in the process of writing an art history paper about the symbolism of the spiral, and it's been amazing to read about Smithson's process.

@CorpseTongji 6 жыл бұрын

the salt room was really impressive

@jimmyjohn1427 5 жыл бұрын

I've lived near all these places and never visited. I will have to now. Thanks for great video!

@EugenioMenotti 6 жыл бұрын

I thought the only interesting things in Utah were Spiral Jetty and the Sun Tunnels. I was wrong. Greetings from Argentina!!!!

@edventures_4938 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! The Jetty is one of my favorite spots in northern Utah! Especially at sunset!

@annamonson212 6 жыл бұрын

I really liked this one. I'm from utah, and all of the pieces felt kind of desolate?? in a familiar way?? what you said at the end summarizes my feelings about being out in the desert and in utah really well, there are signs of human interaction and development and attempts everywhere, but the overtaking of the salt and water and sand is affecting. All of these pieces had the same loneliness, the same feeling of asking you to project your own quiet introspection into the deteriorating place, and then flip to the opposite, making you take in the history and the successes and failures of another time. I have more thoughts, but they are still nebulous (I say as if the previous ones were fully thought out :P), I'll have to wait. p.s. I could feel the texture of the ground beneath my feet in some of these shots, it was really transportive.

@bobmin1782 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent use of hipsterspeak. Do you have a blog?

@theartassignment 6 жыл бұрын

If these are your "nebulous" thoughts, I am jealous of your communicative abilities! Wonderful to hear your thoughts, and I'm glad I picked up on some of the same feelings during our short time there. I felt like I was on another planet!

@annamonson212 6 жыл бұрын

Bob Min point taken :)

@annamonson212 6 жыл бұрын

The Art Assignment thanks!

@AverySuzuki 6 жыл бұрын

Finally another art trip, these are always so good! Hope you guys do a Canadian art trip in the future :)

@theartassignment 6 жыл бұрын

If we did, what should we see?

@AverySuzuki 6 жыл бұрын

The Art Assignment well Montreal has the Montreal museum of fine art and musee d'art contemporain. The mmfa has a great wing on design which would be cool to cover and a very eclectic mix of contemporary work as well. Le Contemporain has all your big hitters but also tons of Canadian work that may not of been as widely known for the rest of the world and would be super fruitfull to explore and introduce in a video. I like to recommend a Mural walk to people coming here since it's a great way to explore the city and see some beautiful murals on the way (use a bixi bike for this perhaps). As far as smaller galleries go Concordia University has the FOFA Gallery which tends to have interesting shows going on, as well as the Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery. Darling Foundry SBC Gallery Arsenal Gallery McCord Museum 1700 La Poste And many more I moved here from BC and the biggest difference I noticed was how saturated BC is in indigenous first Nations work, particularly carving, which isn't as prevalent here. Nevertheless, decolonization is one of the most popular themes I see being dealt with in Canadian art and so that might be an interesting perspective to view work here. And of course there's plenty to see in Ontario and Nova Scotia

@mantra4ia 6 жыл бұрын

I do love the views in Utah. I'd love to go back.

@idlegoose 6 жыл бұрын

the shots in this video were wow

@Hussiens 6 жыл бұрын

I always love Art Trip episodes. The (what I am assuming are drone) shots were breathtaking. It's also so fun that you got see him as he was getting the water for the installation! Was that planned or just luck?

@theartassignment 6 жыл бұрын

That was planned. I worked with the artist a number of years ago on a museum project, and had been trying to figure out a way to meet up with him and show you all his work for a while! And yes, Mark outdid himself with the dronework. Have to think of more drone-friend art trip locations (far from airports!).

@zentouro 6 жыл бұрын

gosh, this video is freakin' fantastic.

@iamsickinthehead 6 жыл бұрын

I got chills, this was an amazing art trip.

@duckpondwithoutducks 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@randonamegenerator 6 жыл бұрын

this is a beautiful piece of art in form of an educational video

@kennethgaron9427 6 жыл бұрын

This is amazing.

@julymorais 6 жыл бұрын

Omg! I dream to see this upclose! I really love these art trip series, I feel like I’m travelling with you! I want more of those episodes! And by the way, come to Brazil, my country, especially Inhotim! ♥️

@theartassignment 6 жыл бұрын

I would love, love to figure out a way to Art Trip to Inhotim. I went there a number of years ago and was blown away!

@josephinemalcolm9392 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for providing this video. I would love to travel to all these places and see these works but this is much better than any other alternative

@theartassignment 6 жыл бұрын

It took me a while to finagle a way to get there. I believe in you. You'll make it happen some day.

@leoespinosa6665 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! I was hoping that "Metaphor/Tree of Utah" created by Karl Momen, located in the Bonneville Salt Flat was going to be mentioned. It's a pretty intriguing piece

@lycht2497 4 жыл бұрын

This is amazing and really beautiful

@kwright 6 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous video. Please never stop making these! I live in Portland at the moment and I am most definitely going to plan out a trip to see all of these. Thank you so much for the information!

@idontwantahandle. 6 жыл бұрын

This video is amazing. You need to come to Austin!

@mthielssalvo 6 жыл бұрын

this is so lovely!!

@huahuazhang7345 5 жыл бұрын

thank you great artworks beautifully made video

@firewordsparkler 6 жыл бұрын

Aaah this is one of my favorite places to learn about! I can't wait to go there one day.

@outofmymind3596 6 жыл бұрын

I've been out to Spiral Jetty many times, when it was underwater and when it was dry, and I'm so glad you got to go. But, despite living so close, I've never even heard of the art installment in Wendover! I'm going to have to go asap. One piece that I was expecting you to comment on was the Tree of Life, a controversial art piece on the road between Salt Lake and Wendover. It's kind of a concrete tree with big round somethings hanging off it. I have to admit I've never talked to anyone who's liked it...

@theartassignment 6 жыл бұрын

We did see Tree of Life, but it seemed too difficult to document well. There's no real spot to pull over, and it's surrounded by barriers. We got a terrible shot of it zipping by our car window. Felt it was better to leave it out. What's your opinion?

@outofmymind3596 6 жыл бұрын

I've never loved Tree of Life aesthetically, but I admit I've never tried to learn anything about it. You've inspired me to investigate it and learn its story.

@alanawolf1556 3 жыл бұрын

@@outofmymind3596 I know this is a very late reply, but I noticed that the Springville Museum of Art has some of Karl Momen's preparatory sketches of the piece while going through their collections. As I recall, they were actually quite lovely -- definitely hint at his architectural training. I'm afraid I don't have much more to offer than this, but since you mention you're not too far away, perhaps this might be a worthwhile line of investigation should you be compelled to pursue it!

@munusshih4936 6 жыл бұрын

love this! I've been dying to watch things after the case for land art ❤❤❤ I'm so ready to watch more episodes, and support this amazing channel on patreon :)

@7ajhubbell 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@lorenabpv 6 жыл бұрын

i just wanna echoe veryone else and say this video is beautiful. it feels so calming too, with the works in the middle of nowehere on their own (kinda like the marfa video, actually). it warms my introvert heart lol

@moiradarling97 6 жыл бұрын

I loved this video so much. The whole time I just wanted you guys to make a video about Oregon (my home state and favorite state in the US). You should make video about each state and the important art in each.

@chloemayvlog 6 жыл бұрын

Makes me want to travel to Utah, a first for me. ❤️

@socialkonstruct5397 4 жыл бұрын

love it thanks :)

@letsplaygin 6 жыл бұрын

What a great chanel! Could you please make a video about louise bourgeois?

@359339 6 жыл бұрын

I love the music used here, where can I find the composer?

@vidiesel 6 жыл бұрын

Wish you guys would do an “A case for: Latin American Art.” I was taking a surrealism class when the Case for: Surrealism, came out and it helped me so much. Honestly, I wish there was an episode for all the art history courses I have to take, hahahaha.

@gerardofrutos9333 6 жыл бұрын

WOW

@ciarataylor6908 4 жыл бұрын

Cool

@KAANCLUB 3 жыл бұрын

COOL

@bvtiut 6 жыл бұрын

"this is the case...for the entire state of utah"

@BahZerkle 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! I just dropped a video on my trip to Utah too! So many cool places to explore!

@DonovanPresents 6 жыл бұрын

That's amazing! Do you know if there are any art gems like that multi-year installation in Arizona?

@theartassignment 6 жыл бұрын

Yes! James Turrell has bee building his Roden Crater north of Flagstaff for many, many years. I don't think it's officially open? It's been on my list for a long time, but I don't think he'd let us film there. It just can't capture the true experience of light and space. rodencrater.com/

@curiousorigins 4 жыл бұрын

Local Utah Artist here from maybe 10-15 miles from the Salt Flats. Yes, Utah is very pretty. It’s unfortunate that you guys saw only a narrow part of it. If you want beauty and it’s like April, hard to beat the High Uintas, also the Red Rocks in Iron County are quite pretty. Those “desolate” areas sure can bloom pretty quickly too. UT-202 lights up with sunflowers most years. I would like to point out that those tracks in the end of the video near where it’s been flooded..... could be from up a year or more ago. There’s nothing “fresh” about them. With how far out the flooding is, they’d be deeper if they were recent because the people who made those tracks would have gotten stuck, or near enough. Tracks can last a very long time out there. Pretty much, just warning the non-locals who would like to visit not to drive out too far in ‘wet’ season. It takes a lot, but those Salt Flats do end up partially covered in snow sometimes too. Very pretty photography, and now, I have like 2 more things to do next time I’m in Wendover.

@fullmoonproductions7188 6 жыл бұрын

Please do an art trip to krakow especially the final exhibit of Schindler’s Factory

@facuarroyo3249 6 жыл бұрын

Would you consider making a _"case"_ for Takashi Murakami???

@davidkimlive 6 жыл бұрын

I always thought Wendover Production should visit Wendover, UT.

@estrellacasias 6 жыл бұрын

Oh no. Dang you work making me be late to an art assignment

@emmaillingworth148 5 жыл бұрын

pleeeaase can you do an art trip to vienna

@lindseycasper4287 3 жыл бұрын

Mineralogy is gone, just went today. Not sure when it closed.

@michiko-chue2988 5 жыл бұрын

I wanna go see the Spiral Jetty so bad

@ethanw2450 6 жыл бұрын

Shouts out to Wendover Productions!

@Allofthemonkeys 6 жыл бұрын

My state is awesome

@ellessehargreaves7024 4 жыл бұрын

Is the hidden installation still there?

@DustyB 4 жыл бұрын

My home

@slytheringirl1327 6 жыл бұрын

Is this a reupload? I’ve feel like I’ve watched this Art Trip before

@theartassignment 6 жыл бұрын

No way! Maybe you’re thinking Marfa?

@slytheringirl1327 6 жыл бұрын

The Art Assignment that’s it yeah, the sun tunnels reminded me of the rectangular concrete structures there

@justanotherboredhumanquara2354 4 жыл бұрын

The wonderful video: And Perseus My Pjo fandom butt: PERCY JACKSON

@RichardLightburn 5 жыл бұрын

I just realized that for a long time I conflated Richard Smithson with Peter Smithson.

@josephgaribaldi4340 5 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with monumental gesters macho or otherwise!

@omk573 6 жыл бұрын

Oh im early