I had a proper go in his Sky Space at Kielder Water last month, a few days before the rains flooded Cumbria. It was alreayd pretty wet, and I'd driven for two hours in the rain from Durham. Kielder Forest feels very remote.
The lake has a lot of outdoor art on its shores, and three bothies nearby. It sits in a sweeping valley that looks great from the Sky Space. The skies are the clearest in England, hence the sharp timber of Kielder Observatory, a short walk from Turrell's piece.
I wandered up the mountainside from the observatory. Paths came and went, and I stumbled through bogs, tree stumps and peat hags to get a good view over the valley.
It was raining again as I got back to the Sky Space, so the shelter was welcome. I stayed as dusk fell and the sky darkened. The rain fell on the gravel below the aperture in the roof.
The sky looked more and more like a blue earth suspended in the ceiling.
Turrell's talent is to get out of the way. The art is the viewer's experience, often of an interaction of light and architecture. The Sky Space is a different show every day.
http://www.visitkielder.com/site/things-to-do/art-and-architecture/art-and-architecture-list
http://www.mountainbothies.org.uk/
http://www.artfund.org/turrell/james_turrell.html
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