James Turrell "Skyspace"

This is one of the American sculptor James Turrell's "skyspace" installations, this one at the deYoung Museum in San Francisco. It's a hemispherical room with a circular oculus in the center of the ceiling through which only the sky may be seen. Like all of Turrell's work, it deals with the perception of light, space and time. The video was shot at about 5pm, as the fog was returning to Golden Gate Park. The tiny objects occasionally floating in through the oculus are cherry blossom petals from nearby trees.

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[Greg Lester]

It looks like he is scanning the sky. Am I missing something?

[bricology]

cglesq: This installation is a circular room with a hemispherical ceiling, and a circular opening to the sky in the center. The room and ceiling are perfectly smooth and monochromatic, and the edge of the opening is sharp. It functions a bit like a lens. The contrast between the small section of the sky within view and the "frame" (the ceiling) focuses the view in a unique way. After one sits looking through this opening for a while, the sky and light take on an almost solid presence.

[Barbra Brady]

I never imagined a tiny YouTube clip of Skyscape could be so evocative...It absolutely is...in "real life," it transfixes.

[cacakappa]

its really interesting

[graves666]

It would be great to see some of his Skyspace pieces with timelapse...

[Wya Waterford]

any chance you can post the piece on to you tube - as i saw it on bbc but wanted to show friends and on bbc site they only allow UK residents to see programme again - i live in ireland.

would appreciate if you can do this.

thanks

ol.

[danbit5]

been trying find it myself hugger

[RetardedTreeHugger]

Just saw a documentary called 'imagine' on the bbc about light perception etc featured Turrell. Interesting stuff check it out.