Nancy Holt Movies

  • 1969
    Swamp

    Swamp

    Swamp

    5.51969HD

    The action of the film is direct: Holt walks through the tall grasses of a swamp while filming with her Bolex camera, guided only by what she can see...

    Swamp
  • 1976
    Regrouping

    Regrouping

    Regrouping

    4.71976HD

    In this experimental film, Borden explores the dynamics among the members of a woman’s group. As she interviews people who know them, such as...

    Regrouping
  • 1969
    East Coast, West Coast

    East Coast, West Coast

    East Coast, West Coast

    41969HD

    East Coast, West Coast, Holt and Smithson's first collaborative experiment with video, takes the form of a humorous bi-coastal art dialogue. Joined...

    East Coast, West Coast
  • 1974
    Underscan

    Underscan

    Underscan

    61974HD

    In Underscan, time and the visual image are compressed. A series of photographs of my Aunt Ethel's home in New Bedford, MA had been videotaped, and...

    Underscan
  • 1975
    Pine Barrens

    Pine Barrens

    Pine Barrens

    01975HD

    Pine Barrens is concerned with evoking through film a barren wilderness in south-central New Jersey. The camera is always in motion — tracking,...

    Pine Barrens
  • 2004
    Mono Lake

    Mono Lake

    Mono Lake

    42004HD

    Mono Lake is a document of a unique natural environment, a "home movie" of the artists' 1968 road trip, and an intimate view of three seminal figures...

    Mono Lake
  • 1971
    Mangrove Ring

    Mangrove Ring

    Mangrove Ring

    61971HD

    Mangrove Ring features a sculpture Smithson created in the ocean using mangrove seedlings while traveling in Florida. Off the coast of Summerland Key...

    Mangrove Ring
  • 1978
    Sun Tunnels

    Sun Tunnels

    Sun Tunnels

    51978HD

    Sun Tunnels documents the making of Holt's major site-specific sculptural work. Completed in 1976, the sculpture features a configuration of four...

    Sun Tunnels
  • 1973
    Going Around in Circles

    Going Around in Circles

    Going Around in Circles

    51973HD

    Going Around in Circles is an early video experiment in which Holt explores perception and point of view. A board in which five circular holes have...

    Going Around in Circles
  • 2013
    The Making of Amarillo Ramp

    The Making of Amarillo Ramp

    The Making of Amarillo Ramp

    52013HD

    The Making of Amarillo Ramp documents the construction of Robert Smithson's earthwork Amarillo Ramp. At age thirty-five, while photographing the...

    The Making of Amarillo Ramp
  • 1988
    Art in the Public Eye: The Making of Dark Star Park

    Art in the Public Eye: The Making of Dark Star Park

    Art in the Public Eye: The Making of Dark Star Park

    51988HD

    This piece documents the process behind the creation of Holt's major public art installation, Dark Star Park, in Arlington, Virginia. The park, which...

    Art in the Public Eye: The Making of Dark Star Park
  • 1974
    Boomerang

    Boomerang

    Boomerang

    01974HD

    Originally broadcast on public television in Amarillo, TX, Richard Serra’s BOOMERANG features Nancy Holt framed in a medium shot with a pair of...

    Boomerang
  • 1977
    Revolve

    Revolve

    Revolve

    61977HD

    Using multiple camera angles and minimal repetitions to modulate her friend David Wheeler's personal narrative of his battle with leukemia, Holt...

    Revolve
  • 1971
    Bob with Books

    Bob with Books

    Bob with Books

    41971HD

    Shot on the roof of 799 Greenwich St., New York, Bob with Books is a short silent film by Nancy Holt on her husband, artist Robert Smithson, two...

    Bob with Books
  • 1970
    Utah Sequences

    Utah Sequences

    Utah Sequences

    51970HD

    The film explores the environment—manmade and natural—at Rozel Point on the north arm of Great Salt Lake. The film captures wood cabins,...

    Utah Sequences
  • 2011
    Breaking Ground: Broken Circle/Spiral Hill

    Breaking Ground: Broken Circle/Spiral Hill

    Breaking Ground: Broken Circle/Spiral Hill

    02011HD

    40 years after the completion of the work 'Broken Circle/Spiral Hill', the film that Robert Smithson was never able to finish due to his untimely...

    Breaking Ground: Broken Circle/Spiral Hill
  • 1973
    Fire Film

    Fire Film

    Fire Film

    01973HD

    Short film by Nancy Holt, filming a fire with her friends.

    Fire Film
  • 1998
    Up and Under

    Up and Under

    Up and Under

    01998HD

    Up and Under is an impressive piece of land art designed by American artist Nancy Holt. Up and Under was completed in 1998. The tunnels included in...

    Up and Under
  • 1971
    Road to Nowhere

    Road to Nowhere

    Road to Nowhere

    01971HD

    Florida Keys, FL, 1971.

    Road to Nowhere
  • 1974
    Match-Match Their Courage

    Match-Match Their Courage

    Match-Match Their Courage

    01974HD

    Artists Nancy Holt and Charlemagne Palestine attempt to have a conversation with one another while their voices are distorted.

    Match-Match Their Courage