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The Color Inside
About
William C. Powers, Jr. Student Activity Center 2201, 2201 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712, USA Get directions
The Color Inside is a James Turrell Skyspace tucked atop UT Austin's Student Activity Center, a quiet domed chamber with an oculus open to the sky overhead. What you'll notice first is how the LED light sequences staged around sunrise and sunset shift your perception of the framed patch of sky, turning it from pale to impossibly saturated—so it's worth timing your visit to one of those light shows rather than the flat light of midday.
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Location
William C. Powers, Jr. Student Activity Center 2201, 2201 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712, USA Get directions
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