As Seen Below is a Skyspace and an artwork in the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum collection. The artwork is created by the American artist James Turrell. The work reveals that human vision is not like an objective camera. What we see inside arises through the controlled meeting of light, space, and the senses.
Measuring 16 meters in height and 40 meters in diameter, As Seen Below is the artist’s most ambitious Skyspace to date. Visitors can enter the artwork through an underground, light filled corridor before encountering the vast indoor domed space. Turrell’s distinctive lighting washes the entire domed space and frames the endless sky, seen through the large central aperture. As Seen Below offers a collective experience driven by light and the poetry of seasons to emphasize our relationship to nature, the sky, and our shared planet.
Together with the subterranean exhibition space Salling Galleriet and a new outdoor Art Square, As Seen Below is the culmination of ARoS’ long-standing vision The Next Level. The project has been under development for more than 10 years and from the very beginning involved a vision of adding a new artwork to the ARoS collection by an artist working in large scale to create unique environments.
An admission ticket to ARoS includes access to As Seen Below.
