光のプログラム / Outside In

梅雨にもかかわらず、東京を出発した朝には雨だったにもかかわらず、ジェームス・タレルの「光のプログラム」を体験できたのは、ラッキーとしか言いようがない！
光の館の一室の天井は開閉できるようになっていて、日没・日の出の1時間にうつろう空の様子を、タレルの光とともに味わえます。(雨天の場合は天井の開閉は不可！) オレンジがかった照明のもとでは、実際の空の色よりも深い青に見えて、色がゆっくりと変化していきました。
そして日没のプログラムが終わってすべての照明を消すと、そこには満点の星が見える、というサプライズも。夏至に近いこの季節、日の出のプログラムは午前3:09からと早起きが必要だったけれど、たまには早起きも悪くない。
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Even though it is currently the rainy season, and even though it actually rained hard when we were leaving Tokyo to come here, we were lucky enough to be able to experience James Turrell's "Outside In" lighting programme at House of Light.
In the main room of the House of Light, we were able to open up the ceiling to see the colour of the sky change. (If it was raining, we wouldn't have been able to open the ceiling!) Under Turrell's orange ceiling light arrangement, the sky looked deeper and bluer than it actually was and changed slowly its colour.
When the programme finished at sunset and it was dark, we were able to see millions of stars. It was a wonderful surprise. As we are coming up to the summer solstice, we had to wake up at 3:09am to see the programme again at sunrise, but it wasn't too bad to start the day at daybreak and see the wonderful light show once again.
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