Field Trip Reaction # 1 by Luis Lagua

James Turrell vs. Cave of Forgotten Dreams


Compare and contrast :
Between the James Turrell installations and the Cave of the forgotten dreams.


               



James Turrell installations
 and
the Cave of the forgotten dreams.
                       





Similarities:
                        Both documentaries explain how each one make use of the light.
James Turrell make use of the light, color to create a different space , that the people are not adapted or familiar with. The whole point to create a peace that they never have, which keep the people focus on the beautiful lights.
                  In t he cave of the forgotten dreams by Werner Herzog's when the clip got into the cave it show amazing painting, that the light make them see like real, with the movements that it create on the painting. In both videos the James Turrell installations and the cave of the forgotten dreams, the light take a important roll because it make the picture or the people go to a different space.

Differences:
                            Each one want to get the people to two different spaces. James Turrell focus on the sky space, to tell the people that the sky is not far, The light produce the people transport to a different ambient or like make them feel that they are in the universe. During all this time ,the people will have silence and some how ,will get some peace inside of them. In the other hand the cave of forgotten dreams make the opposite of the James Turrell, instead of showing the light, the cave have painting that look really fresh in the dark. when you see all the painting it amazing how the people from the pass know how to painted. but what make more interesting is that when you are inside you see all those painting and your mind go back to the past, and ask to your self how they draw all this picture in different emotions. and you can see all those movement when the clip got into the painting.it see like if they were real, it But guess what ,the cave if formed of million of different points. many things are a mystery, that human don't have any knowledge about it. If you are there ,you will see that we are lock in history ,but the ones who did it were not. Also everything that you see inside  will stay in your mind , therefore it called the forgotten dreams. In the film it show you great details like traces ,scratches done by fingers of a mammoth, one with three faces and eight feet and all this picture where done by stick.
                      But the whole point of this two film is that one is saying that look forward but the other one is telling you that humans are lock of history, so they show look to the past, and think about what happen. One film really mix up your mind and the other one let you find some peace in the space.