The artwork “Double Vision,” created by artist James Turrell in 2013, exemplifies the Light and Space art movement. Located in Oslo, Norway, this installation is part of Turrell’s “Ganzfelds” series. The genre of the artwork aligns with installation art, emphasizing the transformation of space using the medium of light.
The artwork presents a deep, overwhelming field of a singular color, which appears to be a radiant blue. It is characterized by a seamless gradient that fills the viewer’s field of vision, potentially affecting depth perception and creating an immersive sensory experience. The contours and dimensions of the space are diffused, creating an effect that elicits a disorienting sense of infinity or void. The absence of visible structure within the artwork invites contemplation and a unique visual interaction, as the boundaries of the room are blurred by the intense saturation of color and light, a trademark of Turrell’s work with Ganzfelds— a German term to describe the phenomenon of the total loss of depth perception as in the experience of a white-out. This particular piece continues Turrell’s exploration of the materiality of light and its ability to shape and alter the perception of space.
