[EN] Please read the following Guide in detail to ensure your best experience.
[FR] Veuillez lire attentivement le guide de l’exposition pour garantir votre meilleure expérience.
[CN] 请详细阅读以下观展指南以确保您的最佳体验。
James Turrell Gallery Guide (EN)
Timed Experience
Due to the nature of James Turrell’s work, which is highly experiential, this exhibition relies on a set visit time. This allows for visitors to have the time and space required to interact with the art and enjoy the experience without overcrowding. Each guest is allotted 1 hour to view the exhibition. Do not worry about keeping track of the time as I will make an announcement at the 50-minute mark to let you know your time is almost up.
Take Time to Meditate
Because James Turrell’s works are highly perceptual and are all about the experience, we suggest you spend some time with the artworks on the ground floor. If you require a fold up chair for accessibility and comfort please let me know and I will provide one for you.
Refrain from Phone Use
We ask that all guests please refrain from using your phone during your visit, as the artworks use light as the main medium, the screen light will affect the experience for yourself and all others around you.
No Videography, No Flash
Videography of any kind is not permitted within the exhibition, photographs are allowed with the condition that you do not use flash under any circumstances. We highly suggest you leave the photography until the end of your visit to allow yourself and others around you to experience the artwork without distraction.
Keep Quiet
Once again we ask that you please be courteous of those around you and keep quiet on the first floor, as talking could affect other people’s experiences.
Do Not Touch the Art
Like all other museums and galleries, we ask you please do not touch the art.
- Both floors are open. Follow signs for the second floor. If you need access to the elevator, please let us know.
- The bathroom is located on the second floor, if it is locked that means it is in use.
- Please do not touch the art.
This exhibition will begin with a 5 minute immersion in a “Ganzfeld room” you can think of this as a type of portal, a decompression chamber, or a decontamination shower that separates your outside and inside experience and allows you to view the artwork with fresh eyes. “The Ganzfeld effect (from German for “complete field”), or perceptual deprivation, is a phenomenon of perception caused by exposure to an unstructured, uniform stimulation field.” This experience is similar to that of a float bath but relies on light to function. Turrell started to explore this phenomenon in 1966, and the idea was deepened during the Art & Tech program. This idea then became one of the major themes that he actively explored in later works, including the Glass Series, Skyspaces and the Roden Crater project. He believes through this effect, we can be more aware of our perception, and how our perception influences what we see, hear and feel.