Nancy Holt Movie Trailers

Regrouping Trailer (1976)

08 December 1976

In this experimental film, Borden explores the dynamics among the members of a woman’s group. As she interviews people who know them, such as Joan Jonas, the group shoots ‘artistic’ scenes of themselves – but Borden feels they aren’t fully grappling with issues of sexuality and politics.

Bob with Books Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

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 before he passed away.

Mono Lake Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

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 in the earth art movement as they interact with the Western landscapes that are so central to their work.

Underscan Trailer (1974)

01 January 1974

In Underscan, time and the visual image are compressed. A series of photographs of my Aunt Ethel's home in New Bedford, MA had been videotaped, and re-videotaped while being underscanned.

Going Around in Circles Trailer (1973)

01 January 1973

Going Around in Circles is an early video experiment in which Holt explores perception and point of view.

East Coast, West Coast Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969

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

Mangrove Ring Trailer (1971)

01 June 1971

Mangrove Ring features a sculpture Smithson created in the ocean using mangrove seedlings while traveling in Florida.

Up and Under Trailer (1998)

13 May 1998

Up and Under is an impressive piece of land art designed by American artist Nancy Holt. Up and Under was completed in 1998.

Revolve Trailer (1977)

01 January 1977

Using multiple camera angles and minimal repetitions to modulate her friend David Wheeler's personal narrative of his battle with leukemia, Holt presents his physical illness as a site for metaphysical and aesthetic reflection.

Match-Match Their Courage Trailer (1974)

31 December 1974

Artists Nancy Holt and Charlemagne Palestine attempt to have a conversation with one another while their voices are distorted.

Road to Nowhere Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

Florida Keys, FL, 1971.

Zeroing In Trailer (1973)

03 March 1973

Positioned in an elevated vantage point, Holt uses five apertures in a black board set before the camera to slowly reveal a controlled, abstracted view of an urban landscape.

Swamp Trailer (1969)

01 August 1969

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 through the camera lens and by Smithson's verbal instructions.

The Making of Amarillo Ramp Trailer (2013)

01 December 2013

The Making of Amarillo Ramp documents the construction of Robert Smithson's earthwork Amarillo Ramp.

Pine Barrens Trailer (1975)

01 January 1975

Pine Barrens is concerned with evoking through film a barren wilderness in south-central New Jersey. The camera is always in motion — tracking, pivoting, and walking through the landscape.

Breaking Ground: Broken Circle/Spiral Hill Trailer (2011)

01 September 2011

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 death has been completed in collaboration between artist Nancy Holt and SKOR.

Boomerang Trailer (1974)

01 July 1974

Originally broadcast on public television in Amarillo, TX, Richard Serra’s BOOMERANG features Nancy Holt framed in a medium shot with a pair of headphones on her ears.

Sun Tunnels Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

Sun Tunnels documents the making of Holt's major site-specific sculptural work. Completed in 1976, the sculpture features a configuration of four concrete "tunnels" 8 feet long and 9 feet in diameter.

Fire Film Trailer (1973)