“Bridget’s Bardo” by James Turrell (2009)
An ethereal, illuminated ramp to nowhere.
An ethereal, illuminated ramp to nowhere.
Huge, illuminated chandeliers made from unconventional materials.
Hundreds of colored light globes fill a British park.
A series of rooms with plaster walls which appear to be carved from stone. The rooms are filled with other works in a variety of media.
A web of colored mirrors reflect light in unpredictable patterns around a room.
The object looks much like a simple set of old fashioned chimes. But there are no chimes, only strings. In complete stillness, it hums contentedly; but when the strings move and let light into its insides, it intones like a set of chimes. Light chimes.
Light sensors in its cap send information to a brain in the striker. At intervals, it picks a pitch which corresponds to the number of sensors exposed to light. The resulting sound is hollow and electronic, and changes abruptly.