Perception

“Invisible Palettes”’ is an art/science project of Penny Cagney in collaboration with Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek, Professor Nathan Newman, Professor Dan Marshall, and the rest of the Arizona State University (ASU) SciHub team*. A series of paintings is illuminated by the Hylighter, a SciHub device that has ten programmable monochromatic lights. “Invisible Palettes” will be on display at the Harry Wood Gallery located in the Art Building at 900 S Forest Mall, on the Tempe campus from February 2–19. The Gallery is open 9—5, Monday through Friday.

A lecture on “The Worlds of Color Vision” will be given by Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek, whose work in color perception inspired the exhibit, on February 18 at 6 pm in Neeb Hall, 920 S, Forest Mall, Tempe, adjacent to the Art Building.

“Color vision is a very important way that humans and animals gather information about the external world.  Different creatures (including different humans) have different abilities to sense color and to interpret what they see.  In effect, they live in different color vision worlds.  Using modern scientific insight, machine intelligence, imagination and a sense of humor we can tour these worlds and sample some scenery.” 

Doors open at 5:30. A reception and refreshments to follow in the lobby of the Art Building. RSVP to https://qrco.de/bgUKtL.

L-R: "Beetle." "Hummingbird." "Bee." 20 inch dia. Oil on canvas. 2025.

*We are deeply appreciative tor the use of HyLighter light sources developed by the SciHub team, directed by by ASU Professors Frank Wilczek; Nathan Newman, and Dan Marshall and the SciHub team members; Thien Phu Nguyen, Joshua Weekes, Dominic Bonelli, Justin Pye, Krish Bharat Majethia and Abbi Gobel.