Hyperallergic surveys Nancy Holt’s work. Holt created sculptural pieces that were conscious of time and place, literally! The movement of bodies both human and celestial play into her work:
Nearly a third of Nancy Holt: Circles of Light at Gropius Bau is dedicated to preparatory drawings, scientific calculations, and time-based photographs for “Sun Tunnels.” Only after coming out the other end did I understand that the essence of the work — and Holt’s practice as a whole — lies in the interaction between human bodies and celestial systems like the stars, rather than the earthen materials and monumentality emphasized by many other Land Art practitioners.
For “Sun Tunnels,” Holt studied physics and worked with engineers to design culverts in which visitors could observe the sun falling and rising during the summer and winter solstices — but also to protect their bodies from extreme heat and cold. There’s great poetry in the image of a human body sheltering inside a circle, as the sun makes its circular journey, tracing shadows on concrete. The poetic dimension of this work shouldn’t be surprising. Holt borrowed her motto from the poet Emily Dickinson: “My business is circumference” — a line that’s all about geometry in motion.
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