Sun Tunnels
Clip: Season 3 Episode 3 | 7m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
Nancy Holt’s famous earthwork, Sun Tunnels, connects visitors to both land & the universe.
Sun Tunnels(1973–1976), by American artist Nancy Holt,consist of four 18-foot-long concrete cylinders arranged in an open x-shaped configuration in Utah’s Great Basin Desert. Large holes bored into each cylinder depict the constellations Draco, Perseus, Columba, and Capricorn.In Holt’s own words, the Sun Tunnels are an earthwork that “bring the vast space of the desert back to human scale.”
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Sun Tunnels
Clip: Season 3 Episode 3 | 7m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
Sun Tunnels(1973–1976), by American artist Nancy Holt,consist of four 18-foot-long concrete cylinders arranged in an open x-shaped configuration in Utah’s Great Basin Desert. Large holes bored into each cylinder depict the constellations Draco, Perseus, Columba, and Capricorn.In Holt’s own words, the Sun Tunnels are an earthwork that “bring the vast space of the desert back to human scale.”
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