James Turrell is my favorite contemporary artist. He is the master of space and light in the field of contemporary art. I really love the idea of “light and shadow”. So I try to get inspiration from his art pieces.
Link: http://rodencrater.com/spaces/alpha-east-tunnel/
This art project is a tunnel designed for the observation of light. As the tunnel continues to stretch forward, the ring lights starting from the left bottom to right bottom, gradually pile up, bringing the audience a sense of speed and space. Walking in this passageway, people seem to be immersed in this sci-fi version of the sense of space and light. As the distance grows, layer upon layer of light eventually merges, becoming a channel of light in the eyes’ vision. This reminds me of a black hole. No one knows what it looks like inside the black hole. No light? Spaciousness? It provokes my imaginations of lights and space inside a black hole.
The color James Turrell choose is really interesting. Firstly, it is light in color. The color looks blue, but there is something white mixed inside. With the overlay of color and the distance increase, the color of the whole surface inside the tunnel appears to be dark blue and black. The feelings of mystery and the unknown strikes me when my eyes reach the end of the tunnel.
In general, this project provides me with some keywords: light, space, deep, mysterious and unknown. I will conclude my perception on this project as “the desire to exploration”
