nado con otro trabajo de Turrell, el Roden Crater Project (1970-), su obra magna actualmente en construcción en el desierto a las afueras de Flagstaff, Arizona (EE.UU.). Cuando esté completo, un volcán extinto albergará casi dos docenas de instalaciones independientes, cuidado- samente alineadas con los fenómenos astrológicos y con luz natural. Según Turrell, el proyecto está inspirado en el diseño de los antiguos observatorios, orientados a even- tos celestes. El mismo Guggenheim se hace eco de esta antigua arquitectura – Wright lo imaginó como un ziggurat invertido – y las formas elípticas de Aten Reign guardaban similitudes con ciertos espacios al Cráter Roden y Agua de Luz (una pirámide elíptica y escalonada construida por Turrell en la península de Yucatán en 2012). Tal como el mundo natural es una fuerza inspiradora para Turrell, tam- bién lo fue para Wright, quien era aficionado a los paisajes abiertos del oeste americano. Más información: The Guggenheiem Museums and Foundation http://www.guggenheim.org/ James Turrell http://jamesturrell.com/ In Aten Reign, daylight entered from the museum’s ocu- lus, streaming down to light the deepest layer of a massive assembly suspended from the ceiling of the museum. Using a series of interlocking cones lined with LED fixtures, the installation surrounded this core of daylight with five ellipti- cal rings of shifting, colored light that echo the banded pat- tern of the museum’s ramps. As is typical of Turrell’s work, the apparatus that created the effect is mostly hidden from view, encouraging viewers to interpret what they see by means of their own perception. The work promoted a state of meditative contemplation in a communal viewing space, rekindling the museum’s founding identity as a “temple of spirit,” in the words of Hilla Rebay, the Guggenheim’s first director and a pioneer in the promotion of nonobjective art. Aten Reign also relates to Turrell’s Roden Crater Project (1979– ), his magnum opus currently under construction in the desert outside Flagstaff, Arizona. When complete, the modified extinct volcano will house nearly two dozen separate installations, many carefully aligned with astrono- mical phenomena and all incorporating natural luminance. According to Turrell, the project was informed by the design of ancient observatories, which were oriented to celestial events. The Guggenheim itself echoes ancient architectu- re—Wright imagined it as an inverted ziggurat—and Aten Reign’s elliptical shape bears similarities to certain spaces at Roden Crater and Agua de Luz (an elliptical, stepped pyra- mid Turrell built in the Yucatan in 2012). Just as the natu- ral world is an inspirational force for Turrell, so it was for Wright, who was fond of the open landscape of the Ameri- can West. More information: The Guggenheiem Museums and Foundation http://www.guggenheim.org/ James Turrell http://jamesturrell.com/ rEPortaJE|17