https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s1/spirituality/
The link will take you to an interview between Art 21 and James Turell. Read the interview and then follow the second link. This link will take you to the Art 21 episode 'Spirituality". This is the part of the video about James Turell's project at Roden Crater. Feel free to watch the entire episode at a later time.
When looking at a project like Roden Crater you really get a sense of how important the conditions of space and time are to an artist like Turell. Light, one of the most fundamental components of our sense of reality, becomes the focus of the artist. Turell makes light tangible.
How do you feel about a work of art like this?
How is art like this different than sculpture in a traditional sense (object based)?
Does the lack of an art object make this piece seem too ephemeral?
Do you think that a piece of art like Roden Crater can help you to better understand your connection to reality?
Look up some more work by James Turell. Nothing he has done is nearly as elaborate as the project at Roden Crater.
However, his work is still amazingly complex in terms of the ways in which he crafts the viewers experiencing of space.
Choose one piece by James Turell to thoroughly analyze.
Describe how the artist is dealing with light and space.
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