Smithson reflected in his sculpture Enantiomorhpic Chambers

Smithson Inspired Sci-fi & Horror Film Series at the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe

Join us this weekend at the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for a special film series inspired by Robert Smithson. As an artist Smithson was fascinated and inspired by popular culture, science fiction, and film, and these influences can be seen throughout his writings and artworks. 

This program presented in collaboration with the New Mexico Museum of Art features three horror / sci-fi films that Smithson loved: War of the Worlds (1953), The Blob (1958), and Vertigo (1958).

At the opening of each screening a short clip featuring Mark White, Executive Director of the New Mexico Museum of Art, and Lisa Le Feuvre, Executive Director of Holt/Smithson Foundation, will introduce the film series and contextualize Smithson’s interest in these three films.

Schedule

Friday November 1 
3:30pm—The Blob
5:30pm—The War of the Worlds
7:30pm—Vertigo

Saturday, November 2 
3:00pm—The War of the Worlds
5:00pm—Vertigo
8:00pm—The Blob

Sunday November 3 
3:00pm—Vertigo
6:00pm—The Blob
8:00pm—The War of the Worlds

Location:
Jean Cocteau Cinema
418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, NM 87501

Purchase tickets online or at the door. We hope to see you at the movies this weekend! 

Robert Smithson Smithson reflected in his 1965 sculpture Enantiomorphic Chambers
Photograph: Nancy Holt
© Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York

Archived News

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Florida Friday Films

In May of 1971 Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt returned to Florida to visit the Florida Keys, with Smithson seeking potential locations for his Island Maze and Forking Island. While these hypothetical earthworks exist today solely through Smithson's drawings, on this trip Smithson did plant an earthwork he called Mangrove Ring—which is also the subject of a short film of the same name by Nancy Holt. 

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Chapter Seven of Tuesday Texts

We are happy to announce that throughout October we are publishing a seventh chapter of our Tuesday Text Series as part of our ongoing Scholarly Text Program, which invites thinkers to focus on a single artwork by Holt and/or Smithson. 

Every Tuesday we will publish a text to our website that includes images selected by the author, a short bibliography, citation reference, and endnotes pointing to the author’s references.

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Letters and early drawings by Robert Smithson published in Centre Pompidou journal

The Fall issue of the Centre Pompidou journal Les cahiers du musée national d’art moderne publishes for the very first time Robert Smithson’s letters and writings from Rome, accompanied by previously unpublished early drawings.

The French language publication includes translations of letters Smithson wrote to Nancy Holt in 1959-1961 and letters Smithson sent to George Lester between 1960 and 1963. George Lester offered Smithson his first solo international exhibition at Galleria George Lester in Rome in 1961.