Robert Smithson, an Entropic Journey
- Publication type: Journal article
- Journal: La Revue des lettres modernes
2022 – 10. Le Voyage entre science, art et littérature - Author: Tichit (Jonathan)
- Pages: 183 to 197
- Journal: Journal of Modern Literature
- Series: Lire et voir, n° 7
On a Saturday of 1967, the american Land artist Robert Smithson go for a photographic walk in the suburb of Passaic, where he was born. He tells his journey in the article « The Monuments of Passaic. Has Passaic replaced Rome as the eternal city ? » published with some pictures in Artofrum. This work parody the travel writing and develop a reflexive dimension. It questions the modern productions and permite to think today’s ecological and societal issues.
- CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
- ISBN: 978-2-406-13760-3
- EAN: 9782406137603
- ISSN: 0035-2136
- DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-13760-3.p.0183
- Publisher: Classiques Garnier
- Online publication: 10-05-2022
- Periodicity: Monthly
- Language: French
- Keyword: Robert Smithson, land art, photography, travel writing, irony, landscape, monument, time, entropy.
