Media: volcanic rock
Dimensions: 3 miles (diameter)
Date: 1970 - present
James Turrell was born in 1943 in Pasadena, California. He worked as a professional pilot and aerial cartographer before receiving a BA in Perceptual Psychology from Pomona College. He eventually earned a MFA in Art from the Claremont Graduate School in Claremont, California. In 1966, Turrell started working with the Los Angeles-based Light and Space Group, a community of artists experimenting with light. By 1970, James Turrell had started to explore the perception of light on a larger scale in form of land-art.
His best-known work (begun in 1970), "Roden Crater" is an ongoing project. This earthwork is designed to be a natural observatory. “I want to create an atmosphere that can be consciously plumbed with seeing,” says the artist, “like the wordless thought that comes from looking in a fire.”
Website for the Roden Crater:
www.rodencrater.com/
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