Harmony Hammond

Interviewed by
Brenda Folstad

Harmony Hammond is an artist and activist.  Brenda Folstad is the Head of Operations and Finance of Holt/Smithson Foundation.

This interview was recorded on December 15, 2019 at Harmony Hammond’s home in Galisteo, New Mexico. Harmony Hammond describes how she heard of Nancy Holt in New York and met her in New Mexico, and their subsequent friendship. 

Keywords
Galisteo New Mexico Sun Tunnels Lucy Lippard Michelle Goodman Robert Smithson May Stevens New York ArtPark Hydra's Head
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Clayton Porter

Lucy R. Lippard

Interviewed by
Natalie Rae Good and William T. Carson

Lucy R. Lippard is a writer, activist, and sometime curator. She was an original member of the Holt/Smithson Foundation’s Board of Directors. Natalie Rae Good is Collection Manager & Registrar at Holt/Smithson Foundation. William T. Carson is Program Manager & Assistant Curator at Holt/Smithson Foundation. This interview was recorded on February 6, 2023 at Lucy Lippard’s house in Galisteo, New Mexico.

Keywords
Robert Smithson Nancy Holt Max’s Kansas City Sol Lewitt Eva Hesse Chilili Graveyards Spiral Jetty Glue Pour Sun Tunnels Galisteo New Mexico
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Gabriella Marks

Bruria Finkel

Interviewed by
Lisa Le Feuvre

Lisa Le Feuvre is Executive Director of Holt/Smithson Foundation. Bruria Finkel (b. 1932, Jerusalem) is an artist and community activist based in Santa Monica, California.

This interview was recorded on August 15, 2019 at Bruria Finkel’s home in Santa Monica. She describes a commissioning process of Nancy Holt’s unrealized project Solar Web on Santa Monica Beach, and makes recommendations as to how to realize it today.

Keywords
Bruria Finkel Ecology Feminism Solar Web Unrealized projects Urban Planning Santa Monica
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Bruria Finkel at her backyard Santa Monica studio taken by David Rosenfeld, 2014

DeeDee Halleck

Interviewed by
Lisa Le Feuvre

Lisa Le Feuvre is Executive Director of Holt/Smithson Foundation. DeeDee Halleck is a media activist, founder of Paper Tiger Television, and co-founder of Deep Dish Satellite Network.

This interview was recorded on February 1, 2019 at DeeDee Halleck’s home in New York City. DeeDee Halleck describes how she first met Nancy Holt in 1973, and their subsequent friendship and collaboration on Nancy Holt’s films.

Keywords
Amarillo Ramp Art Park Desert Dwan Film Finkel Fiore Floating Island Greenwich Street Halleck John Weber Gallery Leukemia Massachusetts Matta-Clark Mono Lake New Jersey New Mexico Niagara Pine Barrens Serra Sky Mound Smithson Solar Web Sound Sun Tunnels Video
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Photo: Manolo García, 2019