Spiral Jetty: Land art vs short term gain

By Alexander Rose @zander

Feb 6, 02008

I just saw this press release from the Dia Center for the Arts that the site of the Spiral Jetty (Smithson’s 1970 seminal land art piece on the Great Salt Lake in UT) is being threatened by oil drilling interests. If you would like to voice your opinion on it before the deadline on Feb 13th there is contact information and even sample letters in the press release.

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