Trying to Find the Spiral Jetty
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"Trying to Find the Spiral Jetty" is a film work by British artist Tacita Dean that documents her search for Robert Smithson’s iconic land art piece, exploring themes of memory, absence, and the passage of time.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Trying to Find the Spiral Jetty canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17115236 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trying to Find the Spiral Jetty Context triple: [Tacita Dean, notableWork, Trying to Find the Spiral Jetty]
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A.
Spiral Jetty
Spiral Jetty is a monumental earthwork sculpture by Robert Smithson, built in 1970 from rock and earth extending into Utah’s Great Salt Lake, and considered a landmark of Land Art.
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B.
Another Place sculpture installation
Another Place is a large-scale outdoor artwork by Antony Gormley consisting of 100 cast-iron human figures spread across Crosby Beach, facing out to sea.
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C.
Museum by the Stream
Museum by the Stream is the English name for Museum aan de Stroom, a major contemporary museum and architectural landmark in Antwerp, Belgium.
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D.
Desert Pavilion
Desert Pavilion is a specialized greenhouse exhibit at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden that showcases arid-climate plants such as cacti and succulents from desert regions around the world.
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E.
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
"Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" is a famous painting traditionally attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder that subtly depicts the myth of Icarus as a minor detail within a busy, indifferent everyday landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trying to Find the Spiral Jetty Target entity description: "Trying to Find the Spiral Jetty" is a film work by British artist Tacita Dean that documents her search for Robert Smithson’s iconic land art piece, exploring themes of memory, absence, and the passage of time.
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A.
Spiral Jetty
Spiral Jetty is a monumental earthwork sculpture by Robert Smithson, built in 1970 from rock and earth extending into Utah’s Great Salt Lake, and considered a landmark of Land Art.
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B.
Another Place sculpture installation
Another Place is a large-scale outdoor artwork by Antony Gormley consisting of 100 cast-iron human figures spread across Crosby Beach, facing out to sea.
-
C.
Museum by the Stream
Museum by the Stream is the English name for Museum aan de Stroom, a major contemporary museum and architectural landmark in Antwerp, Belgium.
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D.
Desert Pavilion
Desert Pavilion is a specialized greenhouse exhibit at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden that showcases arid-climate plants such as cacti and succulents from desert regions around the world.
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E.
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
"Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" is a famous painting traditionally attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder that subtly depicts the myth of Icarus as a minor detail within a busy, indifferent everyday landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.