JG

Tacita Deans JG is inspired by her correspondence with Ballard regarding connections between his short story The Voices of Time 1960 and Robert Smithsons iconic earthwork and film SPIRAL JETTY both works 1970 JG is a 35mm anamorphic film shot on location in the saline landscapes of Utah and central California using Deans recently developed and patented system of aperture gate masking An unprecedented departure from her previous 16mm films JG tries to respond to Ballards challenge posed to her shortly before he died that Dean should treat the Spiral Jetty as a mystery her film would solve Anthology Film Archives