James Turrell’s Roden Crater Student Projects
ASU launched an academic partnership in 2018 with the internationally acclaimed light and space artist James Turrell, placing Roden Crater at the center of learning and innovation. Roden Crater is an unprecedented large-scale artwork created within a volcanic cinder cone near Flagstaff in the Painted Desert region of Northern Arizona. Within this volcano, Turrell is sculpting discrete viewing spaces and chambers in which individuals may experience the light from celestial objects and observe the cosmos.
Based in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, ASU’s Roden Crater academic programs aim to provide educational experiences for learners of all ages. Field labs, design studios, internships, and virtual and embodied learning opportunities are designed by faculty working across ASU’s 17 colleges. This archive is dedicated to the preservation of the student projects created in the multi-disciplinary academic programs connected to Roden Crater.
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- Creators: Harris, Yolande
Inflatable planetarium dome, 4K projection system, 4-channel surround sound audio system.
Spring 2019 Course: Curating Stories and Science in Northern Arizona (taught by Daniel Collins)
In the seminar Curating Stories and Science in Northern Arizona, students worked individually and collectively to create a “research compendium” inspired by James Turrell’s Roden Crater. Marked by the intersection of science and art, our discussions included experts from astrophysics, literature, sacred architecture, natural history, cultural geography, Native American studies, perceptual psychology, phenomenology, archaeology, and fine art. Students generated a rich collection of works representing many disciplines and methodological approaches. Roden Crater has become a launching pad for our own embodied experience of place—from the microscopic features of the Arizona landscape to interstellar space.
Inflatable planetarium dome, 4K projection system, 4-channel surround sound audio system.
Spring 2019 Course: Curating Stories and Science in Northern Arizona (taught by Daniel Collins)
In the seminar Curating Stories and Science in Northern Arizona, students worked individually and collectively to create a “research compendium” inspired by James Turrell’s Roden Crater. Marked by the intersection of science and art, our discussions included experts from astrophysics, literature, sacred architecture, natural history, cultural geography, Native American studies, perceptual psychology, phenomenology, archaeology, and fine art. Students generated a rich collection of works representing many disciplines and methodological approaches. Roden Crater has become a launching pad for our own embodied experience of place—from the microscopic features of the Arizona landscape to interstellar space.
Inflatable planetarium dome, 4K projection system, 4-channel surround sound audio system.
Spring 2019 Course: Curating Stories and Science in Northern Arizona (taught by Daniel Collins)
In the seminar Curating Stories and Science in Northern Arizona, students worked individually and collectively to create a “research compendium” inspired by James Turrell’s Roden Crater. Marked by the intersection of science and art, our discussions included experts from astrophysics, literature, sacred architecture, natural history, cultural geography, Native American studies, perceptual psychology, phenomenology, archaeology, and fine art. Students generated a rich collection of works representing many disciplines and methodological approaches. Roden Crater has become a launching pad for our own embodied experience of place—from the microscopic features of the Arizona landscape to interstellar space.