ART NOW

Exploring the theme of experience in Art with a focus in interactive installations.

James Turrell’s Baker Pool, 2002-2008 American installation and light artist James Turrell is one of our time’s most important visual artists. One of Turrell’s latest and most unique projects found a home in Greenwich, Connecticut. Richard Baker, President/COO of National Realty & Development Corporation, commissioned a permanent art installation by James Turrell using the medium of fiber optic lighting and LEDs. Baker was so eager to have Turrell display his work that he constructed a special building to accommodate the installation, a structure on Baker’s own residence known as the “party barn,” designed by architect Walt Smith of Skidmore Owings and Merrill.  In the basement of the barn are various rooms used for exercise and relaxation – pool, workout room, bath – all fiber optic illuminated using Martin FiberSource CMY 150 illuminators. The pool area, each end of the space is framed in fiber optic with submerged 3M HL solid core fiber illuminating the pool itself. Also, Color Kinetics LED Icove lighting backlights LCD glass windows and a lower band of LED lighting encircles the room.

James Turrell’s Baker Pool, 2002-2008

American installation and light artist James Turrell is one of our time’s most important visual artists. One of Turrell’s latest and most unique projects found a home in Greenwich, Connecticut. Richard Baker, President/COO of National Realty & Development Corporation, commissioned a permanent art installation by James Turrell using the medium of fiber optic lighting and LEDs. Baker was so eager to have Turrell display his work that he constructed a special building to accommodate the installation, a structure on Baker’s own residence known as the “party barn,” designed by architect Walt Smith of Skidmore Owings and Merrill. 

In the basement of the barn are various rooms used for exercise and relaxation – pool, workout room, bath – all fiber optic illuminated using Martin FiberSource CMY 150 illuminators. The pool area, each end of the space is framed in fiber optic with submerged 3M HL solid core fiber illuminating the pool itself. Also, Color Kinetics LED Icove lighting backlights LCD glass windows and a lower band of LED lighting encircles the room.

(Source: martin.com)