Skyspaces, by James Turrell
James Turrell is an enigmatic American artist known for playing with the viewer’s concepts of light and space. His creations include an ambitious series of works called Skyspaces, of which Roden Crater is the most notable example where a series of structures which are intended to present visitors with carefully controlled vistas of light from the ever-changing sky. Turrell purchased the extinct volcanic crater in Arizona in 1979, and has spent the subsequent years designing and secretively constructing an observatory. A spectacular central observation chamber is accompanied by at least one other platform, with various aspects giving views…