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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Here's something cool #102123 04/30/2003 11:01 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Yesterday I received the latest issue of Smithsonian magazine, which has a fascinating article about an artist named James Turrell who has been constructing a sort of light-sculpture (for lack of a better word) inside the rim of an old volcanic crater in Arizona. If you've ever been intrigued by ancient architectural structures like Stonehenge or the Pyramids, especially their relationships to the skies, you'll no doubt find it an interesting read. The only disappointment is that the structure is not yet completed and is not open to the public (yet). Article link: http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues03/may03/turrell.html Full text (.PDF) http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues03/may03/pdf/smithsonian_may_2003_james_turrells_light_fantastic.pdf Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Here's something cool #102124 04/30/2003 12:58 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont sounds fascinating! I wish his website had a few tantalizing pictures... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Here's something cool #102125 04/30/2003 2:03 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory some pics from hte web of the artist's other work: http://www.mattress.org/catalogue/94/images/94.turrell.2.jpg http://www.mattress.org/catalogue/83/images/83.turrell.1.jpg http://www.artpapers.org/images/feature_articles/turrell 1.jpg http://www.stroom.nl/engels/archive/illu/korexpoturrell1.jpg http://www.muse.co.jp/~haruki/tsumari2000/turrell/turrell.html http://www.exporevue.com/magazine/fr/turrell.html http://www.kielder.org/art/skysp.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Here's something cool #102126 05/01/2003 1:49 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Wow, Alex--wow! How do people think to DO things like that?? 'A sculptor of light and shadow'--now there's something you don't hear every day. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Here's something cool #102127 05/01/2003 6:44 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Alex, thanks for that. Haven't been past Kielder for some years, but now I am really looking forward to another visit! It seems there is some interesting stuff going on there, and Turrell's work in particular. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Here's something cool #102128 05/01/2003 9:34 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... I remember reading years ago about a light sculpture museum in Corpus Christi, Texas. The concept was fascinating: working with natural patterns of light and shadow, working with sculpted forms to interact with those light and shadow patterns and ending up with something new that changed--how they modified appearances throughout the day. I wondered at the time about the problems such a museum would encounter on cloudy days. Haven't read your links yet, Alex, but will. I wonder whether you light sculpture artist will be the same one who did the museum in Corpus Christi. I'll bet he is. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Here's something cool #102129 05/02/2003 12:57 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Thanks for the link to Kielder. I will, hopefully, be in Scotland this fall and I can't wait to see it. 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