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Marfa

By Jessie | Published: April 3, 2008 Leave a comment
There is a place called Marfa in West Texas, a predictably arid and deserted area with two thousand people and a median income of $24,000. It’s hardly distinguishable from other rather poor and lonely towns in West Texas except for the above: it has a Prada store. Well, sort of; two German artists installed the simulacrum [...]
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Skyspace

By Jessie | Published: March 24, 2008 Leave a comment
“What takes place while looking at the light in a Skyspace is akin to wordless thought. But this thought is not at all unthinking or without intelligence. It’s just that it has a different return than words.” - James Turrell I first sat in a Turrell skyspace at PS1 several years ago. It still exists, and [...]
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