Sun Tunnels (at the Goodwood Art Foundation)

Nancy Holt's photos of a tunnel, at different times of day. Helicopter view of the tunnels (frame from the video linked below) In the middle of nowhere, Utah, there are four concrete cylinders. It’s a Nancy Holt artwork. I’ve never been, but learned of it at the first UK retrospective of her work at the Goodwood Art Foundation.That work, Sun Tunnels, hasn’t been lifted to Sussex, or anything as dramatic as that. But there is photography, and a video.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaIzXJ2cWwYWhat the video makes clear is how massive a job it was to create the art. She “spent weeks living in the isolated desert in her camper, feeling out the place”, and that’s before all the construction you see in the video. Years of work.(Impatient? Fast forward to around 23 minutes for solstice sunrise—the tunnels are aligned for the solstice.)* * * Nancy Holt's Mirrors of Light II Hélio Oiticica’s Magic Square #3 The Goodwood Art Foundation is a lovely place: sculptures in the grounds, galleries,…