©Jean-Michel Pancin Land Art Contemporary and SKOR | Foundation for Art and Public Domain ©Adrien Missika Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson. Mono Lake, 1968-2004. Estate of Robert Smithson, Courtesy James Cohan Gallery, New York / Shanghai and Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York.
La nature au gallop
Short Film Seleciton – Forces telluriques
1. Speedway
2006 / France / 6min / Color / Blu-ray
Directed by Jean-Michel Pancin
2. Breaking Ground: Broken Circle/Spiral Hill
1971-2011 / US / 21min / Color / Blu-ray
Directed by Nancy Holt and Theo Tegelaers
(Based on a work by Robert Smithson)
3. Sailing Stones
2011 / France / 11min / Color / Blu-ray
Directed by Adrien Missika
4. Mono Lake
1968-2004 / US / 20min / Color / Blu-ray
Directed by Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson
In November, we present a selection of four short films dealing with earthworks. An infinite runway leading into the Great Salt Lake, huge stones that move due to some miraculous natural phenomenon, a work by Robert Smithson installed beside a river on the site of an abandoned mine and its trajectory, and the mysterious form of a lake traced by the artist. These films, focusing on transcendent and sublime nature, and acts of human intervention, are filled with poetry, wonder, and power.