Yellow Earth with Mirrors

At the Royal Theater Heerlen, international speakers such as Liza Le Feuvre, director of the Holt/Smithson Foundation from New Mexico will speak and Alderman Jordy Clemens will unveil a marker on the exact location of the artwork at the time, on the Vrijheerenberg field. A film program concludes the day at Royal Theater Heerlen.

Program:

• 12:30 Opening of the venue and welcome
• 13:00 Introduction by Jean Bernard Koeman and Lene ter Haar
• 13:10 Interview Lisa Le Feuvre, director Holt/Smithson Foundation by Jean Bernard Koeman
• 13:30 Keynote Markus Karstieß, artist; curator of the exhibition Robert Smithson in Europe taking place from the end of September at the Josef Albers Museum in Bottrop, Germany
• 14:00 Panel discussion with:
  - Anne Reenders, program director Land Art Contemporary
  - Lisa Le Feuvre, director Holt/Smithson Foundation
  - Dr. Eva Schmidt and Markus Karstieß
  Moderator: Lene ter Haar
• 15:30 Break & relocation
  location: Vrieheerenberg
• 16:30 Gathering at the original location of the artwork.
  - Welcome speech by Alderman culture of the Municipality of Heerlen, Mr. Jordy Clemens
  - Stories about Op Losse Schroeven, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
  - Unveiling of the information board with documentation on Heerlen Soil and Mirrors (1969)
• 17:15 Transfer back to Heerlen Center or Greylight Projects
  location: Royal Theater / Cinema Heerlen
• 19:00 Film screening:
  - Spiral Jetty (1970; 35min)

https://www.eai.org/titles/spiral-jetty
- The Making of Amarillo Ramp (1973/2013; 31:52h)
https://www.eai.org/titles/the-making-of-amarillo-ramp
- Breaking Ground: Broken Circle/ Spiral Hill (1971/2011; 21min)
https://holtsmithsonfoundation.org/broken-circle-spiral-hill