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My desire is to bring astronomical events and objects down into your personal, lived-in space.

James Turrell

James Turrell

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I'm working to bring celestial objects like the sun and moon into the spaces that we inhabit.
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I like to work with it so that you feel it physically, so you feel the presence of light inhabiting a space. My desire is to set up a situation to which I take you and let you see. It becomes your experience.
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