If you’re headed west, the first Skyspace in Colorado is opening this summer, as part of the 2021 Green Box Arts Festival, in the town of Green Mountain Falls. The Festival runs from June 21 – July 11. More information about the Skyspace here: https://greenboxarts.org/public-art1/skyspace/
by Jessika Remolona A non-Skyspace Turrell installation opened this spring at Superblue, a new experiential art center in Miami. The piece is what Turrell calls a “Ganzfeld, a German word that denotes the loss of spatial perception that occurs in a featureless, uniform visual field, such as a fog whiteout” — from New York Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/arts/design/superblue-miami-immersive-art.html?searchResultPosition=8)
by Jessika Remolona You might have to wait a little longer to see the completed Roden Crater, which Turrell has been working on since 1974, but you can read a really great article about it, and Turrell, in the May 2021 issue of the Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/james-turrell-visionary-artwork-arizona-desert-180977452/
by Jessika Remolona It’s time for a road trip to the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) to see C.A.V.U., billed as “James Turrell’s largest free-standing circular Skyspace.” While you’re there, you can see nine other Turrell works as part of MASS MoCA’s Into the Light exhibition, which will be around at least through 2025. All the …
by Jessika Remolona Quotes from “Why Kanye West used a remote crater in the desert as the set for his new film” By Patrick Sisson, Curbed.com “Amid the many noteworthy and attention-grabbing aspects of West’s new album drop is the shooting location of the new promotional film—the Roden Crater. Currently under construction, the project designed by light artist James Turrell is …
by admin On Wednesday, February 6, Hiram Butler, James Turrell’s long-time friend and agent, will talk about how James Turrell’s brilliant ideas are made real – from the epic Roden Crater to the intimate Chestnut Hill Skyspace. Hiram, a native Texan who helped build Houston’s Live Oak Friends Meeting with a Skyspace, introduced Chestnut Hill Quakers to …
by admin Suddenly James Turrell, creator of the Skyspace at Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting, is in the news a lot. Below are a link to new developments at his Skyspace at PS1 and downloads of two articles about his Roden Crater project in the Arizona desert. Article from Hyperallergic.com about a Skyspace disruption at PS1: James Turrell’s …
by admin YOU ARE INVITED! Please join us to hear Diane Burko speak at Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, February 6 at 20 E. Mermaid Lane. Our annual mid-winter lecture is titled “Jim Turrell, Me and the Aerial View.” The event is free but donations will be gratefully accepted at the door. Invite …
by admin Check out the video on curiosity.com featuring Turrell’s Aten Reign: https://curiosity.com/videos/how-the-guggenheim-built-the-cone-structure-for-james-turrells-aten-reign-guggenheim-museum
by admin “Lifting the veil on Mass MoCA’s expansion” by Malcolm Gay Read this interesting Boston Globe article on Building 6 at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, which will house nine pieces by Turrell. The whole room, [Joseph C. Thompson] explained, should feel “like the inside of a cloud — nothing but light. There’s an immense …
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