Documented artwork / Skyspace light installation
The Color Inside
Credit as documented: James Turrell
The Color Inside frames open sky from a quiet rooftop chamber at the University of Texas at Austin. Landmarks commissioned James Turrell's eighty-fourth Skyspace in 2013. Black basalt, plaster and LEDs shape the enclosure; changing dawn and dusk light alters the apparent sky color. Daytime viewing uses natural light through the aperture.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- 2013
- Materials
- black basalt, plaster, LED lighting
- Documented setting
- indoor
- Dimensions
- 224 × 348 × 276 inches as published; axis order not labeled.
- Dimensions apply to
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- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
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2013
Roof of William C. Powers, Jr. Student Activity Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Materials and construction
Overland Partners led architecture; Walter Hood designed surrounding green roofs, implemented by Bender Wells Clark. Named project team: Rick Archer, James Lancaster, Andy Adkins, Andrée Bober, Hiram Butler, Paul Cornell, Serena Hayden, Eric Kennedy, Dan McClure, Nisa Mason, Ryan Pike and Michael Uyeda. Additional creative/production credits include Cody Kukulski, Tony Lee, Matthew Schreiber and Kyung Turrell (studio), Harvey Hix (poetry), Joel Love (music), Patrick Sheehy (art services), Catherine Williams (conservation) and Bill Haddad (technician).
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- landmarks.utexas.edu ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17