Artist 9: Nancy Holt

This artist creates sculptures that interact with their environment, especially with the sun. The experience of the sculpture changes based on the time of day, based on where the sun is in the sky. The form of the sculpture then is highly influenced by astronomical forms, like the sun and moon and their paths around the planet. They incorporate a lot of circles, cylinders, and spheres.

The colossal size of the sculptures make it possible for people to climb in, on and around them. They are made to interact with their audience. Although the visual illusions involving the sun will only work certain ways from certain angles, the forms are interesting from every angle, and the individual gets to decide exactly how they will experience the piece.

Some of her sculptures I've noticed are really random, like a cylindrical cement form in the desert, while others are incorporated more organically into their environment. I think the more organically designed pieces work better. They make the element of optical illusion that much more pleasantly surprising.

Her website was down when I looked, but maybe it will be up again soon. Otherwise you can always google her like I did.