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	Spiral Jetty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Spiral Jetty, considered to be the masterpiece of American sculptor Robert Smithson, is the name of an earthwork sculpture built in 1970.
		The current exposure of the jetty to the elements and to the ravages of its growing number of visitors has led to a controversy over the preservation of the sculpture.
		The discoloration of the rocks and the exposure of the lake bed having altered the colors of the original, a proposal has emerged to buttress the sculpture and restore the original colors by the addition of new basalt rocks in the spirit of the original.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spiral_Jetty (553 words)

	Spiral Jetty -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Spiral Jetty, considered to be the masterpiece of American sculptor (additional info and facts about Robert Smithson) Robert Smithson, is the name of an (An earthen rampart) earthwork sculpture built in 1970.
		The current exposure of the jetty to the elements and to the ravages of its growing number of visitors has lead to a controversy over the preservation of the sculpture.
		The discoloration of the rocks and the exposure of the lake bed having altered the colors of the original.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sp/spiral_jetty.htm (511 words)

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		The hypothetical center and fringes of a spiral are in a constant state of simultaneous energy and entropy, of concurrent becoming and devolving.
		The spiral represents an urge towards the center and simultaneously away from it; it is associated with water and with the primeval serpent, slithering through the primal ooze.
		Secondly, the artist felt the spiral to be an appropriate choice of shape because, loosely interpreted, the growth of crystals, such as the salt crystals which would eventually encrust the Spiral Jetty, proceeds in the manner of a spiral (Holt 1979, 112).
	www.nps.gov /gosp/tour/pagel.html (2921 words)

	Telegraph \| Arts \| News of the whirl
		Spiral Jetty fills the horizon, or seems as small as a snail, depending on "where the viewer happens to be".
		By 1999, Spiral Jetty was peeping through the brackish lake again, and those who didn't mind getting their feet wet could walk along it once more.
		Since Spiral Jetty is more an idea than a particular quantity of basalt, there seems no overriding reason why a few more thousand tons of rock shouldn't be dumped on it, which would, at least temporarily, return it to its original appearance.
	arts.telegraph.co.uk /arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/08/07/basalt07.xml (1308 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Art uncoils from depths of lake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The spiral's intermittent disappearing act has become part of its legend, but there are plans to possibly restore the jetty and improve access to it.
		The jetty curls into the lake where the water is an eerie lemonade pink because of algae growth.
		He liked the fact that the "Spiral Jetty" is "actively engaged in the landscape, the salt, and the fact that it's partly under water.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/1,1249,405026832,00.html (1034 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Time and a place: Utah's Spiral Jetty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Now the Jetty is in crystalline metamorphosis, thoroughly coated with sparkling white salt, floating in a strange wine-red, mostly dead sea, like a reborn outpost "on the edge of Atlantis," a Smithsonian phrase.
		"Spiral Jetty," the film (an essay also shares the title), begins with images of maps: pieces of an atlas swirling in the wind; a geologic representation of the continental drift theory; a description of Lake Bonneville, the ancient inland sea of which the Great Salt Lake is a remnant.
		And early in the narration he mentions spirals: the old legend that the Great Salt Lake was connected to the Pacific Ocean by a whirlpool; the swirl of stars that make up a nebula; the fact that accumulating salt crystals naturally tend to create spirals.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,510045338,00.html (2007 words)

	Robert Smithson: Spiral Jetty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Spiral Jetty was acquired by Dia Art Foundation as a gift from the Estate of the artist in 1999.
		The Spiral Jetty is 15.5 dirt road miles southwest of Golden Spike's visitor center.
		If you choose to continue south for another 2.3 miles, and around the east side of Rozel Point, you should see the Lake and a jetty (not the Spiral Jetty) left by oil drilling exploration in the 1920s through the 1980s.
	www.spiraljetty.org (631 words)

	Smithson - The Sprial Jetty
		In 1970, when Smithson built the "Jetty," which is considered his masterpiece, the giant fl coil contrasted starkly with the dark pink water of the lake.
		While the jetty was submerged, he said, he even considered adding rock to it himself.
		The Spiral Jetty is 15.5 dirt road miles southwest of the GSNHS.
	www.francesfarmersrevenge.com /stuff/images/jetty.htm (920 words)

	Geosights, Spiral Jetty - Utah Geological Survey
		Aerial view of Spiral Jetty showing pink salt water and fl basalt boulders draped with a crust of white salt crystals.
		Artist Robert Smithson created Spiral Jetty in April 1970 and later donated the earthwork art to the Dia Center for the Arts in New York.
		Throughout the lake-level fluctuations Spiral Jetty survived wave erosion; the hard salt crust probably cemented the boulders together and provided a protective layer on the jetty surface.
	geology.utah.gov /surveynotes/geosights/spiraljetty.htm (539 words)

	ArtForum: Letters - Letter to the Editor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Initially, he misrepresents the massive amount of work and research that Smithson accomplished to build Spiral Jetty by claiming, "We were well aware that the point of Smithson's project had been the 'event' of its being recorded on film and of its being written up into the quasi-documentary essay." This statement does a great disservice.
		Israel's description of how Spiral Jetty became submerged (upon the puncturing of the Lucin Cutoff railroad trestle), the work was fully underwater by 1973 and has remained so for so long primarily due to unusual weather patterns of increased precipitation.
		Smithson built the Jetty when the Great Salt Lake was at a low point; he knew that the result of completing his work at this time would be a submerged Spiral Jetty, due to natural causes.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0268/is_4_41/ai_95676017 (1284 words)

	Spiral Jetty October 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Spiral Jetty was built by Robert Smithson in the early 1970's.
		Since its construction, the Jetty has been underwater--something that Smithson did not seem to forsee when he built it (the lake was at one of its lowest points in a drought cycle).
		When you arrive at the Spiral Jetty your are presented with 80 year's accumulation of junk: a gutted trailer, an amphibous craft, and a truck.
	home.comcast.net /~theorrus/sj.htm (312 words)

	Spiral Jetty
		The Spiral Jetty is a basalt spiral 1500 feet long, and 15 feet wide, which protrudes from the shore of the Great Salt Lake, on submerged land leased from the government.
		The Spiral Jetty is usually invisible, lying a few feet under the fluctuating surface level of the lake.
		If the level is over 4198, the Jetty is totally under water, though its outline may be visible from the hill, or when waves break on it.
	ludb.clui.org /ex/i/UT3127 (483 words)

	WaterHistory.org
		The jetty was the victim of an intense wet cycle which began in 1972, and was exacerbated by the flooding of 1983 and 1984.
		As an artist it is interesting to take on the persona of a geological agent and actually become part of that process rather than overcome it." Smithson's jetty was simple in concept and relatively straightforward to construct: truckload upon truckload of broken basalt was dumped to form a giant coil.
		While the jetty was submerged, he said, he considered adding rock to it himself.
	www.waterhistory.org /artinfo/spiral (719 words)

	From the Floor: Industrial Wasteland
		Smithson sited Spiral Jetty in exactly one of these landscapes, a fact that is important to the work but that is usually glossed over in discussions of it.
		This jetty is a mere half mile east of the site Smithson selected for his work and is clearly visible from Spiral Jetty.
		Smithson combined an archetypal symbol (the spiral) used by early civilizations of the West with the vernacular of this "entropic landscape" (the jetty) to create a piece that both complements and comments on the anthropological and industrial history of the site.
	fromthefloor.blogspot.com /2004/08/industrial-wasteland.html (1048 words)

	Cronaca: "Spiral Jetty" reemergent
		"The spiral is not as dramatic as when it was first built," said Michael Govan, the director of the Dia Art Foundation in New York City, which owns the work.
		To ensure that "Spiral Jetty" is accessible to future generations, Dia, which exhibits and preserves art made since the 1960's, has discussed raising it by adding more rocks.
		Dia is also studying whether nature will restore the contrast the "Jetty" originally had with its surroundings by dissolving some of the salt crystals when the lake's waters rise, or whether the foundation needs to do something more.
	www.cronaca.com /archives/001936.html (253 words)

	LeMieux-Ruibal: Spiral, Washed
		Now, starting in May 2005, the Spiral Jetty is been washed off of his white covering, slowly submerged by the rising waters of the Great Salt Lake and recuperating, thus, the fl color it had in 1970 when it was built.
		An important essay by Jennifer L. Roberts in the catalogue is devoted to "Salt and Spiral Jetty".
		The slowly-washed Spiral Jetty of June 2005 should frame and affect the presentation of the Robert Smithson retrospective in New York, as well as elicit responses from Smithson scholars nationwide.
	artfromnewyork.blogspot.com /2005/06/spiral-washed.html (336 words)

	greg.org: about making movies, about art, by greg allen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Spiral Jetty is locatable in grids, of course, including USGS satellite photos and via latitude/longitude coordinates, translated from GPS orbital data.
		The sun, the spiral, the salt buried in lengths of footage...
		When I went to Spiral Jetty in 1994 (it's first reappearance in 24 years), I was overwhelmed by how different experiencing the work in person (glistening salt crystals, cotton candy pink water, and that drive...) was from seeing it in pictures (aerial B&W on the last page of the art history text).
	greg.org /2002_09_01_archive.html (6541 words)

	Artforum International: Non-site unseen: how I spent my summer vacation... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It was a jetty all right--and it jutted out a long way, maybe five hundred yards, which was, we knew, the length of Spiral Jetty.
		But he couldn't say how long the jetty had been there or whether it was present in 1969, which seemed unlikely--Smithson's film showed no trace of it.
		When I asked about Spiral Jetty, he said, "I have no idea what that is." But when I mentioned the oil jetty at Rozel Point, he said, "Sure, I know about that.
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:91202135&... (2731 words)

	CNN.com - Great Salt Lake: More than meets the nose - Nov. 5, 2003
		About 25 miles as the crow flies southeast of the Spiral Jetty is the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, a 74,000-acre sanctuary and home to more than 220 different bird species throughout its 75-year history.
		The drought pattern is normal, officials say, and just 15 years ago the Spiral Jetty and other lake attractions were flooded out -- a situation that forced the state spend millions on lake improvements.
		Normally underwater, the salt encrusted "Spiral Jetty" is totally exposed due to the drought that has receded the banks of the Great Salt Lake.
	www.cnn.com /2003/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/11/05/great.salt.lake.ap (1407 words)

	Spiral Jetty Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Robert Smithson's monumental earthwork Spiral Jetty (1970) has been acquired by Dia Center for the Arts as a gift from the Estate of the artist.
		Today Spiral Jetty is submerged as it has been for most of its existence.
		Realizing, after its completion, that he had built it at a time when the level of the lake was unnaturally low, Smithson considered adding further material to ensure that his artwork would be visible more often.
	www.diacenter.org /dia/press/spiral.html (574 words)

	Online NewsHour: Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty" Celebrates its 30th Anniversary -- May 6, 2005
		ROBERT SMITHSON: North of the Lucent Cutoff, the water is a red or pink color due to algae in the brine.
		ROBERT SMITHSON: The notion that the lake must be connected to the Pacific Ocean by a subterranean channel at the head of which a huge whirlpool threatened the safety of lake craft was not dispelled until the 1870s.
		I think he would have been awed just like we are when we see the white jetty or the fl jetty, you know.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june05/jetty_5-6.html (1266 words)

	NPR : The 'Spiral Jetty' Re-Emerges from Great Salt Lake
		Aerial view of "Spiral Jetty" at Rozel Point, a 1,500-foot long, 15-foot wide jetty created with mud and rocks.
		Day to Day, January 24, 2005 · Reporter James Nelson tells the story of Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty," a 30-year-old piece of so-called "earth art" that has re-emerged from the bed of Utah's Great Salt Lake.
		The jetty disappeared under the rising lake waters soon after it was created -- but with much of the western United States experiencing a drought, the Great Salt Lake has receded and the art is once again above water.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4464074 (183 words)

	From the Floor: Back from Spiral Jetty
		First off, it’s not as difficult to get to Spiral Jetty as I had thought.
		Major intersections (as major as one-lane dirt road intersections can be) for the rest of the 16 mile drive out to Spiral Jetty are signed as well.
		While the last mile of road is rough, in dry conditions it’s not necessary to use a four-wheel-drive or high-clearance vehicle to get to Spiral Jetty.
	fromthefloor.blogspot.com /2004/08/back-from-spiral-jetty.html (607 words)

	Space Imaging :: Image of the Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This one-meter resolution satellite image of Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, a monumental artistic earthwork off the shore of the Great Salt Lake, was collected by Space Imaging’s IKONOS satellite on Sept. 14, 2002.
		The image shows the renowned Spiral Jetty that was recently exposed due to a drop in the lake’s level.
		In 1999, Smithson’s estate gave the Spiral Jetty as a gift to the Dia Art Foundation based in New York City.
	www.spaceimaging.com /gallery/ioweek/archive/02-11-10 (354 words)

	land art on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The technique was in part an attempt to counter the perception of art as an acquirable commodity, although as the movement developed such items as site photographs, cartographic studies, and artists' notebooks were made available to collectors.
		Smithson's Spiral Jetty (1970), a huge spiral of rock and salt crystal in the Great Salt Lake, Utah, is a characteristic example of the land art form.
		Because of the fluctuating water level of the lake, Spiral Jetty is not always visible.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/l1/landart.asp (801 words)

	Spiral Jetty
		source] Smithson was obsessed with spirals, and his notebooks were full of all sorts.
		Personal Text: While I am not a fan of Smithson's disregard for the possible negative impact of his works on their environment, I think that the Spiral Jetty overcomes that and is an amazing fusion of natural elements and human construction.
		While it was interesting at the beginning, I think as the elements have taken over, it has become much more beautiful.
	fargo.itp.tsoa.nyu.edu /history/timeline/spiraljetty.html (174 words)

	MonkeyFilter \| Robert Smithson: Spiral Jetty
		In 1970, artist Robert Smithson used mud, salt crystals and rocks to create Spiral Jetty, a 1,500 foot spiral sculpture in Utah's Great Salt Lake.
		Unfortunately, the water level was unusually low at the time of its creation, and the sculpture has been submerged for 30 years...until now.
		This makes me think of Uzumaki, which creeped the hell out of me. I don't think I could go to sleep near the Jetty.
	monkeyfilter.com /link.php/650 (198 words)

	NPR : Spiral Jetty
		Talk of the Nation, January 13, 2004 · In 1970, New York artist Robert Smithson left the confines of a traditional art gallery and headed west to create art in the wild.
		He decided on the Great Salt Lake of Utah, where he created Spiral Jetty.
		Smithson's piece, a 1,500-foot spiral sculpture, was hidden under the surface of the Great Salt Lake for 30 years.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1595480 (143 words)

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