Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty

Spiral Jetty consisted of black rock, salt crystals, earth and red water. Robert Smithson was first attracted to the site of Spiral Jetty when he saw a number of abandoned oil rigs, dilapidated piers and shacks and countless bits of wreckage at Rozel Point, just south of where he would come to build Spiral Jetty itself. Robert Smithson chose the Rozel Point due to the color of the water being of reddish color. Smithson stated that the site of Rozel Point gave evidence of succession of man-made systems mired in abandoned hopes. This represented that the forces of human induced environmental entropy. Entropy was first demonstrated in the 19th century. Robert Smithson’s man objective in creating Spiral Jetty was to make something so massive and