James jarell uses light to create art to rel is not a god but many consider him one of our greatest contemporary artists his works dont simply make use of light they are light itself. Is installations bay the viewer in light. You lose your orientation as if in a heavy fog. Outlines disappear. Everything dissolves into color. The critter going to museum unbutton bad news posting to real retrospective the largest ever seen in europe. Seems to roll seldom gives interviews but at the museum we talk to him at length. 75 years old now he rarely travels to these kinds of exhibitions which are held all over the world. Under siege and focused on the main theme of his work the secrets of light. Mist that are out and when and how did you 1st realize that the well this is all about flights i dont know that they can tell you anything about religion or are scientists but i do know that a lot of art is about light if you look at just the history of art in our you know our culture its littered with pe
Dutch school all the painters of light from norway and sweden. And petra very who came to germany to study art. You know where its more appreciated words more precious. When james tarell frames light as in a painting hes following a centuries old tradition of western art. From the baroque period which in modern times artists have been captivated by the power of light. Light can bring a scene to life increase its dramatic effect and focus the viewers attention. In the 17th century of the use of light transformed the world of art. For the 1st time artists used like to highlight their subjects and not just saints but mere mortals. And even the artists themselves. They created a world of sharp contrast between light and dark. The renaissance sought to bring light into darkness using science and reason to counter the influence of the church and religion. Rembrandts the anatomy lesson of dr nicholas told is the quintessential renaissance art work the participants are gathered around the corp
Change the color of the sky and how do you do that im not changing the color of the sky but im im changing your context a vision which give you a different color to sky to make it any color you like and some of the sky spaces but. That has more to do with you know how we form our perception we we the sky is blue because we have give it that color we awarded that color because we do that means it and then we can change it. So. Thats not difficult to do. But i mean and people are surprised by that because essentially we feel we receive everything that were not a part of that we behold and were definitely a part of that we behold so and thats one thing the artist can do is sort of give you the general cohen to tell you well you know youre making this reality within which you live so its nice to be aware of it. And it was from the air the genes to real discovered what would become his greatest artistic achievement. This is the road in a crater in arizona. To rail has built a kind of observ
A 1st set foot on the moon historic landing was watched on television by hundreds of millions of people around the world its a spectacle that many who saw it have never forgotten lets now relive some of those iconic moments. Back right. Or am. I was in my grandmothers house all watching t. V. What she looked like something absolutely unknown and something impossible. I was with my aunt who was born in 18 in 99. And she was sitting there with me watching a man land on the moon itself Pretty Amazing they didnt even have automobiles when she was 4. Beautiful like really. So she too each state was a pity it wasnt just russians but space travel was developing fast and it was clear to us that many countries would send their astronauts into space and you were in school. Right. But. Of course it was a colossal event. I dont think of ever again such a wake in front of the television at 3 am waiting for something to happen and seem to exist. And thats the latest from daily news stay tuned for ou
in the world now the all too much accolade the. music prize she is rehearsing at schloss elmo in bavaria. started playing the viola at age 3 and i m usually a choice spot phiona can know we re already taken by other members of the large family. but many develop our own unique musical language and search for the essence of music with her viola. it s 1st time but it s also tricky so this balance is. is a challenge and it s been a challenge for 30 years and it s so many possibilities that i can be both a soloist and a chairman musician in very very different repertoire zimmerman is keen to pass on her knowledge she became a professor at the age of just 21 and supports talented young musicians in various projects she says she teaches was strict ears but always with a deep understanding of her students. what i wanted to share my enthusiasm for music to also to give warm supporting atmosphere to developing everybody. strong sides and then send them out into the world. so that they