James Turrell: Light and Land June 21, 2003-January 4, 2003

 

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Sonoma County Museum
www.sonomacountymuseum.org

Roden Crater
This website provides more information about the Roden Crater project and other James Turrell exhibitions.
www.rodencrater.org

Henry Art Gallery
Permanent collection: Skyspace, by James Turrell
www.henryart.org

The Mattress Factory
A museum contemporary art that presents site-specific installations created by in-residence artists. Permanent collection includes three installations by James Turrell
www.mattress.org

The Exploratorium
The museum of science, art, and human perception. Learn about light, perception, volcanoes and more.
www.exploratorium.edu
www.exploratorium.com/light_walk/

Dia Center for the Arts
Dia first provided funding for the purchase of Roden Crater in 1977, and now functions as the administrative arm of the project.
www.diacenter.org

Pacific Coast Air Museum
James Turrell is an avid pilot. Check out this website about aviation in Sonoma County!
http://pacificcoastairmuseum.org

 

James Turrell on PBS:
http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/turrell/index.html

Articles on James Turrell:
www.conversations.org/99-1-turrell.htm
http://www.pomona.edu/Magazine/PCMWin02/CRturrell.shtml

James Turrell uses light itself as his material. Learn more about how light works: http://science.howstuffworks.com/light.htm

Learn more about how the eye processes visual information:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/eye.htm

Perception is James Turrell's medium. Learn more about visual perception :
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jyl8b/Percep/home.html

Roden Crater is an extinct volcanic crater. Learn more about volcanoes :
http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Home.html

 

As part of his research for Roden Crater , James Turrell studied the way ancient cultures all over the world marked time through patterns in the movement of the sun, moon, stars, and planets. Many ancient cities and monuments were built in order to capture light at certain times of the day and at certain times of the year.

Learn more about the study of archeoastronomy :
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro/

Learn more about the Anasazi Skywatchers who lived in the Southwest for thousands of years:
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/ecuip/diglib/science/cultural_astronomy/cultures_anasazi-2.html
http://www.pacaritambo.com/archeoast.html

 

Learn more about your sky:
http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/

 

Observatories and Stargazing in the Bay Area:

Santa Rosa Junior College Planetarium
http://www.santarosa.edu/planetarium/

Sonoma State University Observatory
http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/observatory/

Robert Ferguson Observatory in Sugar Loaf Ridge State Park
www.rfo.org

Chabot Space and Science Center
http://www.chabotspace.org

California Academy of Sciences
Morrison Planetarium
http://www.calacademy.org/planetarium/

San Francisco Amateur Astronomers
Stargazing Locations in the Bay Area
http://www.sfaa-astronomy.org/sfaa/departments/viewing/sites.shtml

 

 

 

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