Description
This programme shows how sculptors Robert Smithson and Richard Serra related their work to its environment.
Metadata describing this Open University video programme
Module code and title: A316, Modern art: practices and debates
Item code: A316; 23
First transmission date: 1993
Published: 1993
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Duration: 00:24:18
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Producer: G.D Jayalakshmi
Contributors: Richard Serra; Paul Wood
Publisher: BBC Open University
Keyword(s): Broadgate development; Broken Circle Spiral Hill; Fulcrum; Kroller Muller museum; Liverpool St; London; New York; Sculpture; Spiral Hill; Tilted Arc
Subject terms: Sculpture, American--20th century; Serra, Richard; Smithson, Robert
Footage description: Footage - Liverpool St Station: sign & people. Views of station walkways. Model of Broadgate Complex. Aerial view of Broadgate and "Fulcrum" by Richard Serra. Views of "Fulcrum". Woman speaking. Man speaking. "Fulcrum" with passers by. Panning up "Fulcrum". Details (0'19"-1'58") - "Tilted Arc" by Serra. Panning up "Fulcrum". Panning along "Tilted Arc". Views of "Tilted Arc". Men dismantling "Tilted Arc". Cranes. Paul Wood speaking in front of "Fulcrum". Interior of "Fulcrum" (1'59"-3'31") - Richard Serra speaking. Panning up "Fulcrum". Serra speaking. Views of "Fulcrum". Close ups of rust. Views of "Fulcrum". Paul Wood walking in and out of "Fulcrum" (3'32"-5'42") - Book open showing photo of "Titan" by Anthony Caro. "Untitled Sculpture" and "Sun Feast" by Caro. Woman viewed through "Fulcrum" (5'43"-6'15") - Aerial view of area outside Emmen, Holland. Quarry. "Broken Circle, Spiral Hill"(to be called "BCSH") by Robert Smithson. JCB & truck working in quarry (6'16"-7'31").B/w drawing by Serra:"Bingham Copper Mining Pit, Reclamation Project". "BCSH". Photo stills of "BCSH". "BCSH". Cotoneaster bushes and spiral path. Semi circular jetty. Wooden edging. Jetty. Views of "BCSH". Bushes. Jetty. Aerial view of "BCSH" (7'32"-10'07") - Stills of sand strata. Quarry & JCB working. Truck reversing. JCB. "BCSH". Boulder. Paul Wood speaking beside boulder. Boulder with sun behind. Photos: large stones, Hunebed, "BCSH" during changing seasons. Paul Wood walking around "BCSH", along spiral path. Looking down to Broken Circle. Paul Wood on top of Spiral Hill. "BCSH" from across quarry water. Aerial view of "BCSH" (10'08"-14'19") - Paul Wood in woodland, Kroller-Muller Sculpture Park, Holland. "Spinout" by Serra. Paul Wood speaking inside "Spinout". Views of "Spinout". Detail. Paul Wood walking round "Spinout" then speaking. Close up of rusting surface. Views of "Spinout" (14'20"-19'13"). Richard Serra speaking. "Spinout". "BCSH" from across quarry water. Aerial view of "BCSH". "Spinout". Boulder with 2 people behind. "Spinout" and group of people. "Fulcrum". People walking. Liverpool St. Station. Panning up "Fulcrum". "Tilted Arc". People walking. Aerial view of "Fulcrum". Richard Serra speaking. Views of "Fulcrum". Child on tricycle. "Spinout". Aerial view of "BCSH" (19'14"-24'15").
Master spool number: HOU7081
Production number: FOUA374B
Videofinder number: 4744
Available to public: no