The site I have chosen for the Pavilion is in my own village Oxton, specifically the site of the village recreation ground. I have chosen this site due to it’s popularity with those who live in the village and visitors who come from surrounding areas. This is due to the open grass area which allows children to play and adults to play cricket. There is also a children’s play area and picnic benches. This site also brings people to it to enjoy the village fete and the yearly bonfire and fireworks show, which brings hundreds of people to the village. The car park of the village hall, which is located adjacent to the recreation ground, is often a meeting point for walkers, cyclists and conservation groups. The village hall itself holds numerous events from WI meetings to weddings to toy train enthusiasts conventions.

Images

Bing.com. (2019). map of oxton – Bing. [online] Available at: https://www.bing.com/search?q=map+of+oxton&form=EDGTCT&qs=PF&cvid=03eb352876fb4205ab7c9f49febadf87&refig=682d3688d8444ce3dea4054bfba99040&cc=GB&setlang=en-GB&PC=ACTS (Accessed on 2 July 2019)

My Oxton. (2013). Roman Fort near Beanford Lane ford. [online] Available at: https://myoxton.org/about-oxton/oxton-history/oxton-archaeology/roman-fort-near-beanford-lane-ford/ (Accessed 2nd July 2019)

Nottshistory.org.uk. (2007). Nottinghamshire history > Articles > Articles from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society > The Summer Excursion, 1908: Oldox or Hodox camp, Oxton. [online] Available at: http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1908/summer/oldox.htm (Accessed on 2nd July 2019)

Google Maps. (2019). Google Maps. [online] Available at: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.0519447,-1.0649442,14z (Accessed on 12th July 2019)

Google Maps. (2019). Google Maps. [online] Available at: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.0579287,-1.0640514,256m/data=!3m1!1e3 (Accessed on 12th July 2019)

But, at the same time, human being is also attracted by a sense of mystery and complexity, that arises from the discovery of a new and unknown environment, being inclined to prefer “unconventional” solutions, in which light, with its many shades and gradations, leads the individual through the process of exploration towards the unknown: paradoxically, light seems to hide, rather than reveal the mystery, but just for this it attracts, involves, stimulates and fascinates us so much. (Tomassoni, Galetta, Treglia, 2012)

James Turrell

I believe that Turrell’s work permits individuals to perceive and create their own distinct experiences.

Both light and colour stimulate our emotions, as does the intensity of light exposure – which Turrell uses a wide range of – both natural and artificial, which affect our senses and emotions in a number of ways.

Each of us will experience light and colour differently for both physiological and psychological reasons, thus each of us will perceive Turrells work in a different way and this is what I believe he means when he states “you are looking at you”. The viewer is experiencing what they are for their own personal reasons.

Turrell’s work can also play with our sense of balance and harmony. His use of light and shape I feel portrays what some of us have come to imagine of alien craft and entrances into other worlds. These perceptions however may be cultural so from one person to the next; will look, see and feel Turrells work in their own unique way.

Turrell engages his viewers with intriguing images where viewers see what is personal to them with images which are captivating, enticing us to walk through or around and to discover.

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An interior image which I have chosen to compare to Turrell’s work is that of the ‘Reflection Room’ by designer Flynn Talbot, which he created for people to explore, be lit by and reflected in their own individual way. I however feel reflection in Talbots work is both reflection in the sense of a mirrored image as well as the space and experience giving individuals the chance to consider their experience.

Referencing

Failing, P. (2013). ‘It’s Not About Light—It Is Light’ –. [online] ARTnews. Available at: http://www.artnews.com/2013/09/04/assessing-james-turrell/ (Accessed on 14^th June 2019)

James Turrell. (2019). Home. [online] Available at: http://jamesturrell.com/ (Accessed on 11^th June 2019)

Tomassoni, R., Galetta, G., & Treglia, E. (2015). Psychology of Light: How Light Influences the Health and Psyche. Psychology, 6, 1216-1222. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/psych.2015.610119 (Accessed on 11^th June 2019)

Images

Image 1.  Twilight Epiphany Skyspace. (2019). Available at: https://moody.rice.edu/james-turrell-twilight-epiphany-skyspace (Accessed on 11^th June 2019)

Image 2. Tycho White. (2019). [image] Available at: http://jamesturrell.com/work/tycho-white/ (Accessed on 11^th June 2019)

Image 3 & 4. The substance of light. (2019). [image] Available at: https://www.museum-frieder-burda.de/index.php?id=21&L=1&tx_eventbase_exhibition%5Bexhibition%5D=126&tx_eventbase_exhibition%5Baction%5D=show&tx_eventbase_exhibition%5Bcontroller%5D=Exhibition&cHash=525ced0740e926cc9e5738a70da1733d (Accessed  on 11th Jun. 2019)

Image 5. Sumner, E. (2017). Reflection Room. [image] Available at: https://www.lonelyplanet.com/news/2017/09/19/london-design-festival-2017-installations/ (Accessed on 14th Jun. 2019)

Method 1 – Black/Grey

Method 2 – Colour