In September 1976, after completing her earthwork Sun Tunnels in northwest Utah, Nancy Holt spent four days driving from Salt Lake City to her home in New York City, via the transcontinental Interstate 80 (I-80). Although Holt traveled alone, she shared her observations and impressions with her tape recorder. Holt’s recordings from the road comprise the four-part audio work U.S. 80 SOLO. One section, U.S. 80 SOLO: Nebraska, was originally presented as a radio broadcast in 1979, and is included in the exhibition Nancy Holt: Light and Shadow Poetics, now on view at the MAK Center at the Schindler House.
Experience all four parts of U.S. 80 SOLO, presented together for the first time, in this special listening session, led by Aurora Tang.
This program is presented in partnership with Holt/Smithson Foundation and Sprüth Magers as part of a series of public programs accompanying the exhibition Nancy Holt: Light and Shadow Poetics, on view at the MAK Center through May 24.
AURORA TANG
Aurora Tang is a curator, researcher, and arts administrator based in Los Angeles. She is currently Program Officer for PST ART at the Getty Foundation. Tang worked with the Center for Land Use Interpretation from 2009 to 2026, most recently serving as its Program Director. She was Managing Director of High Desert Test Sites from 2011 to 2015, and has taught field programs at art and architecture schools including Otis College of Art and Design and the University of Southern California. As an independent curator and researcher, Tang has presented exhibitions at institutions such as The Cosmic House, Armory Center for the Arts, MOCA Tucson, and MAK Center for Art and Architecture.
Nancy Holt in Utah, 1977.
Photograph: Ardele Lister
© Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York
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NANCY HOLT: LIGHT AND SHADOW POETICS
February 25, 2026 – May 24, 2026
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