Roden Crater, an immersive art project by James Turrell in Arizona, has been under development since 1977 and is only open to invited guests. Turrell focuses on the revelation of light itself rather than using it to illuminate other objects.
Roden Crater is Turrell’s naked-eye observatory located in the Painted Desert near Booker’s home in Flagstaff, Ariz., first acquired by the artist in 1977. It is still under development, nearly 50 years later, open only to invited guests. Booker’s sense of curiosity led him to Turrell, who has long been the lodestar of immersive art. Turrell builds rooms and even buildings that manipulate our relationship to light, sound and sky. “The biggest thing was that usually, we use light to illuminate other things,” Turrell tells The Athletic. “I was more interested in the revelation of light itself.”
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Roden Crater is an immersive art observatory created by James Turrell, located in the Painted Desert near Flagstaff, Arizona.
Roden Crater is significant because it explores the manipulation of light, sound, and sky, emphasizing the experience of light itself rather than merely illuminating other objects.
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