"It's always some enchanted evening with ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ's Skyspace," by David Allen, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
To the casual observer, it’s a shaded courtyard, buildings on three sides, a canopy suspended overhead, an infinity pool gurgling, granite benches wrapping around the interior.
Yet this courtyard, nestled within the ½ûÂþÌìÌà campus, is like a Transformer, because there’s more than meets the eye. It doubles as a piece of public art by alumnus , a renowned artist who specializes in perceptual works involving light and space.
From dusk to dawn, a light show plays against the canopy, from which a large square is cut out, framing the sky like a car’s sunroof.Called “Dividing the Light,†the piece is one of Turrell’s series of works known as Skyspaces.