Oral history interview with Nancy Holt
name: label: Interviewee
content: Holt, Nancy, 1938-2014
label: Interviewer
content: Gutterman, Scott
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Filmmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
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content: Women filmmakers
label: Topic
content: Women photographers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators. Funding for this interview was provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Holt, Nancy, 1938-2014
label: Interviewer
content: Gutterman, Scott
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Nancy Holt (1938- ) was a sculptor and filmmaker from N.M.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound cassette (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 25 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1992 July 6
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.holt92
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Nancy Holt conducted 1992 July 6, by Scott Gutterman, for the Archives of American Art. Interview of Nancy Holt conducted by Scott Gutterman for the Archives of American Art, at Nancy Holt's home or studio on July 6, 1992. Holt speaks of growing up and living in Massachusetts and New Jersey; attending school at Tufts and Jackson; spending time in New York; her early artist training and exposure to museums; the New jersey landscape; Dark Star Park; Sky Land; her first trip out West; Robert Smithson; her family life and relationship with her parents; studying biology; lectures at MIT; moving to New York; Richard Serra; perceptual art; becoming friends with Robert Smithson; peyote; quiet inner-transformation; locator pieces; creating artwork; Hampton Air; Rock Rings; focus on place; feminism; land art; Buried Poems; documenting work; working for Harper's Bazaar; Westbeth; living in New York; video art; Points of View; working in a gallery format; writing; Sky Mound; working with landfills and alternate energy; creating public art; working with space; plumbing systems; learning by doing; working with artisans; Sun Tunnels; resonance; catalogs; Holt also talks a bit about Alan Ginsberg, Fred Mcdarrah, Dan Flavin, Mark di Suvero, Joan Joas, Peter Campas, David Hammond, and Rupert Sheldrake.