Sun Tunnels
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Sun Tunnels is a monumental Land Art installation by Nancy Holt in Utah’s Great Basin Desert, consisting of four massive concrete tubes aligned with the solstices and drilled with star patterns.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
environmental artwork
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land art installation ⓘ public artwork ⓘ |
| artMovement | Land Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestViewedDuring |
summer solstice
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winter solstice ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1976 ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | preserved ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Nancy Holt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Capricorn constellation
NERFINISHED
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Columba constellation NERFINISHED ⓘ Draco constellation NERFINISHED ⓘ Perseus constellation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diameter | approximately 2.75 meters ⓘ |
| documentedIn | art history literature ⓘ |
| exposedTo |
natural light
ⓘ
weather ⓘ |
| feature | drilled star patterns ⓘ |
| genre |
earthwork
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site-specific art ⓘ |
| hasArtHistoricalSignificance | major work of American Land Art ⓘ |
| hasAstronomicalAlignment |
summer solstice sunrise
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summer solstice sunset ⓘ winter solstice sunrise ⓘ winter solstice sunset ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | geographic coordinates ⓘ |
| hasPart | four concrete tunnels ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
astronomy
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cosmology ⓘ landscape ⓘ perception of time ⓘ |
| height | approximately 2.75 meters ⓘ |
| inception | 1973 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 5.5 meters ⓘ |
| locatedInDesert | true ⓘ |
| location |
Great Basin Desert
NERFINISHED
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Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | concrete ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Nancy Holt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfTunnels | 4 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Dia Art Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to create perceptual experience of light and space
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to frame the sun at solstices ⓘ |
| shape | cylindrical ⓘ |
| viewingCondition | outdoor ⓘ |
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