Roden Crater
{{Short description|Volcanic cone in Arizona, United States}}
{{For|the crater on Mercury|Rodin (crater)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Update|talk=Section=Art project information need to be updated|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Roden Crater
| photo = Roden.jpg
| photo_caption =Satellite view of Roden Crater, site of an earthwork in progress by James Turrell outside Flagstaff, Arizona.
| photo_alt = An overhead view of Roden crater, photo taken from a satellite
| elevation_ft = 5443
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| prominence = {{convert|470|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| prominence_ref = {{cite loj |id=74755 |name=Roden Crater AZ |access-date=2016-08-22}}
| range =
| location = Coconino County, Arizona, U.S.
| map = USA#Arizona
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| coordinates = {{coord|35.4252829|-111.2590358|format=dms|type:mountain_region:US-AZ_scale:100000_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates =
| coordinates_ref = [{{GNIS 3|33771}}| Roden Crater], GNIS
| topo = USGS Roden Crater
| volcanic_field = San Francisco volcanic field
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Roden Crater is a cinder cone type of volcanic cone from an extinct volcano, with a remaining interior volcanic crater. It is located approximately 50 miles northeast of the city of Flagstaff in northern Arizona, United States.{{cite web|last1=Harwood|first1=Richard D.|title=The Geological History of Roden Crater|url=http://therodencrater.org/lndscape/geoarch/geoindex.htm|access-date=19 November 2020|website=The Roden Crater}}
Art project
Artist James Turrell acquired the 400,000-year-old, {{convert|3|mi|km|adj=mid|-wide}} crater's land for a land art project.{{cite web |url=http://www.lasersol.com/art/turrell/roden_crater.html |title=Roden Crater Project – A Perspective |first=Earl |last=Cook |access-date=2019-01-14}} Turrell has since been transforming the inner cone of the crater into a massive naked-eye observatory, designed specifically for viewing and experiencing sky-light, solar, and celestial phenomena.{{Cite news|last=Brown|first=Mick|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/artists/james-turrells-volcanic-masterpiece-trip-inside-crater-kanye/|title=James Turrell's volcanic masterpiece: a trip inside the crater with Kanye West's favourite artist|date=2019-10-24|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2020-03-27|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}{{subscription required}} The fleeting winter and summer solstice events will be highlighted.Brown, Jullia. "Occluded Front, James Turrell". The Lapis Press. 1985. {{ISBN|978-0932499103}} – official Turrell-Roden Crater book Kanye West filmed his 2019 movie Jesus Is King at Roden Crater.{{cite web |last1=Kimmel |first1=Jimmy |title=Kanye West Surprises Kimmel in Brooklyn |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlR3C9sb5Xo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/FlR3C9sb5Xo| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|website=Youtube |publisher=Jimmy Kimmel Live |access-date=29 October 2019 |date=25 October 2019}}{{cbignore}}
In 2019, Arizona State University partnered with James Turrell to collaborate on the project with the help of a 1.8 million dollar gift.{{cite news |last1=Faller |first1=Mary Beth |title=Letting in the light: ASU, artist James Turrell to partner on masterwork in the desert |url=https://news.asu.edu/20190114-creativity-asu-artist-james-turrell-partner-masterwork-roden-crater |access-date=20 August 2023 |agency=ASU News |publisher=Arizona State University |date=14 January 2019}} The project, referred to as the "ASU-Roden Crater Project" at ASU, is currently centered at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, and hopes to foster interdisciplinary collaboration between the arts and sciences.{{cite web |title=ASU-Roden Crater Project |url=https://herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/research-and-initiatives/roden-crater |website=Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts |publisher=Arizona State University |access-date=20 August 2023}} Courses at ASU, including one titled "Indigenous Stories and Sky Science" taught by Professor Dalla Costa have already begun including the Roden Crater into their curriculum.
Future
The Dia Art Foundation is continuing to advocate for the development of James Turrell's Roden Crater project in the Painted Desert in Arizona which was begun in the 1970s with Dia's support.{{cite web |url=http://www.diacenter.org/contents/page/101/102 |title=About Dia |access-date=2010-03-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613070609/http://diacenter.org/contents/page/101/102 |archive-date=2010-06-13 |publisher=Dia Art Foundation}}{{cite web |url=https://www.diaart.org/about/about-dia |title=About Dia § Affiliates |publisher=Dia Art Foundation |access-date=2019-01-14}} James Turrell, who purchased the Roden Crater in 1979, had plans to open the crater for public viewing in 2011,{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/arts/design/25fink.html |title=Shh! It's a Secret Kind of Outside Art |date=November 25, 2007 |work=New York Times |first=Jori |last=Finkel}} but now has tentatively set the opening for 2024.{{cite news |last1=MacKenzie |first1=Chase |title=Roden Crater tentatively set to open in 2024 thanks to ASU and Kanye West |url=https://azdailysun.com/news/local/roden-crater-tentatively-set-to-open-in-thanks-to-asu/article_ce817031-e2a5-5122-8a77-a7625506acb3.html |access-date=27 January 2019 |publisher=Arizona Daily Sun}}
2015 fundraising tours
A fundraising event held daily from May 14 to 17, 2015, allowed visitors to tour Roden Crater for a cost of $6,500 to Turrell's nonprofit organization.{{cite web |url=http://www.artnews.com/2015/02/19/james-turrell-allowing-limited-visitors-to-roden-crater-for-6500-a-person/ |title=James Turrell Allowing Limited Visitors to Roden Crater for $6,500 a Person |publisher=ARTnews |first=M. H. |last=Miller |date=February 19, 2015}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080927224947/http://iuav.inet2.it/dpa/video/2007/turrell_animazione/turrell_animazione.html IUAV-College of Architecture: Animation of Roden Crater project]
- [http://rodencrater.com/ Web site for Roden Crater]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130910221149/http://jamesturrell.com/roden-crater/roden-crater/introduction/ JamesTurrell.com Roden Crater section: includes site plan, chamber photos and Celestial Event visualizer]
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Category:Extinct volcanoes of the United States
Category:Landforms of Coconino County, Arizona
Category:Outdoor sculptures in Arizona
Category:Open-air museums in Arizona
Category:American contemporary art
Category:Cinder cones of the United States
Category:Works by James Turrell