Jack Smith's apartment

The interior space in Jack Smith’s Apartment is made of brick-and-mortar, not flesh, but its curved structural lines—inspired by Islamic architecture—are no less erotically savored. Shot in 1989, soon after Smith’s death from AIDS-related complications, the short was conceived by Serra as “a document for New York's art history,” a necessary gesture of preservation for a soon-to-be-whitewashed realm.

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