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

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