James Turrell's Light Immersion at Museo Jumex in Mexico City

The Museo Jumex in Mexico City presents 'James Turrell: Pasajes de luz', a major exhibition featuring the American artist's immersive light installations. Central to the show is 'Ganzfeld', a total field piece that envelops viewers in colored light, altering heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure. The ritualistic entry involves removing shoes, donning white canvas footwear, and waiting in line before entering the 'door of perception'. Turrell, born in Los Angeles in 1943, studied psychology, mathematics, geology, and astrology, exploring color and space perception. The concept of ganzfeld, or sensory overload, was described by German psychologist Wolfgang Metzger in 1930 to study brain patterns. The exhibition also highlights Turrell's utopian project 'Roden Crater', a tectonic cathedral inside an extinct volcano near the Grand Canyon in Arizona, designed as a natural telescope with tunnels and astronomical observatories. Turrell envisioned it for the extreme upper lunar standstill, a bimillennial event. The show runs until March 29, 2020.