Scientists' Alleged New Hue Mastered by Artist in Paint Creation Claim
Artist's Dodgy Claim to Sell "New Color":
Art whiz, Stuart Semple, is causing a stir with his latest stunt. He claims to have reproduced a so-called "new color" dubbed "YOLO," initially discovered by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley. Semple's boisterous proclamation, "Scientists may not be interested in the artistic uses for their new color discovery, but I am," has set the art world buzzing on his Instagram.
The internet is abuzz with the incoming purchase of this groundbreaking color, available for a cool £10,000 on Semple's website, culturehustle.com. But there's a hitch: scientists argue that the color can't be reproduced outside their high-tech experiments.
Austin Roorda, a researcher from the Berkeley team, told The Guardian, "It's impossible to recreate a color that matches olo." The fact that human vision is tweaked artificially to perceive this new hue makes it elusive to the real world. Semple's "YOLO" could easily be dismissed as simply a light teal paint masquerading as the real deal.
Semple doesn't seem too fazed by the scientific backlash, snubbing critics' doubts. He claims that he has worked hard to manufacture a paint product that captures the essence of the Berkeley experiment. The Guardian reports that Semple's strategy consists of adding "fluorescent optical brighteners that absorb ultraviolet light and re-emit it as visible blue light," creating a product that supposedly emulates the scientific discovery's effect.
Semple defends his artistic intentions, insisting that he wants to make this extraordinary color accessible to everyone. In 2016, he released a matte black paint after a coating known as Vantablack was exclusively licensed for artistic use to Anish Kapoor. He did the same with a super pink pigment. To date, he's produced at least four versions of his black paint in a quest to create the paint version of Vantablack, a coating requiring specialized equipment to apply.
Semple's "YOLO" is as much an art stunt as it is an attempt to create a color that human eyes are lacking the cones to see naturally. As amusing as it may seem, social media swarms in support of his endeavor, eagerly awaiting their chance to get their hands on this extraordinary shade. Regardless of its authenticity, Semple's audacity keeps the art world in a whirlwind of anticipation and intrigue.
- Gizmodo might write an article about the controversial art stunt by Stuart Semple, who claims to have reproduced a new color called "YOLO," causing a stir in the art world.
- In the realm of technology and science, the production of this new color and its questionable reproduction lies at the intersection of tech, business, and art.
- Despite critics and scientists arguing that Semple's "YOLO" is not an authentic recreation of the color dubbed olo, the internet finance genre is thriving as people are willing to pay £10,000 to purchase it.
- As seminal scientific discoveries continue to captivate the world, artists like Stuart Semple challenge the boundaries of technology, pushing the frontiers of what is possible in the realm of color, art, and human perception.
