A Hole in the Sea

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"Filmed on the beach at Scheveningen, The Netherlands, Flanagan buried a hollow plastic cylinder in the sand during a rising tide filming the mysterious hole that appeared before the waves finally engulfed the cylinder." (Source, website, Art gallery of New South Wales)

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"A Hole in the Sea existed only as a concept on paper until Gerry Schum asked Barry Flanagan to realise it on film for the television exhibition Land Art. As shot, it is both a witty example of conceptual art’s ‘dematerialisation of the art object’ (in Lucy Lippard’s memorable phrase), and an engaging visual conundrum." (Source [Expired], website, Tate)

"Filmed with Gerry Schum in Scheveningen, Holland, February 1969, for Land Art TV exhibition.

Black & white copy held in the collection of Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands " (Source, artist's website)

Postcard announcement for Gerry Schum's Land Art exhibition showing a still from A Hole in the Sea, 1969 (Source, artist's website)

View still image from the video (Source, artist's website)

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