Nasher Sculpture Center

The vestibule is clad in large slabs of the same black granite and features a curved plaster wall illuminated by red and blue lights that emit a soft glow of slowly changing colors visible from the garden throughout the day.  The light program begins ninety minutes before sunrise with a light blue tint.  Soon after the sun is up, the red and blue lights begin to cross fade, slowly shifting from vibrant blue, to purple and red hues, and back again throughout the day.  The vestibule light then returns to a light blue after sunset.  But at midnight, the entryway resumes its color changes, now alternating between softer blues and reds until the entire cycle renews itself before sunrise.  Inside the vestibule, the light resembles one of Turrell’s Ganzfeld, or "total field", installations. In these, the light takes on a physical presence, seeming to define a solid form (here, the curved wall of the vestibule) where there is only empty space.