Collection Completion Date: October 2009
Medium: video
Funding Source: Percent for Art – City of Houston, Convention & Entertainment Facilities Department
Location: 1001 Avenida de las Americas
Council District I

Offering a brief respite from the typically busy pace of convention events, this rich array of short works of video by artists from across the United States includes lyrical meditations on nature, industry, and human emotion. It is a fitting complement to the George R. Brown Convention Center, where over a million people from around the world converge each year to exchange knowledge and share experience, making Houston a dynamic point of congregation in our ever expanding world.

 

Artists, Titles & Dates:
Kate Balsley (Brown Deer, WI)
Autumn, 2008

Nell Breyer (Cambridge, MA)
Falling, 2004/2007

William A. Brown (Atlanta, GA)
Video Starring Four Light Bulbs,2009

Victor Ingrassia (Oakland, CA)
Tornadic Paint, 2008

Be Johnny, Bree Edwards and Johnny DeKam (Los Angeles, CA)
Fossil, 2009

Noah Klersfeld (New York City, NY)
snow falling in front of a red brick building façade, 2008/2005

Arthur Liou (Bloomington, IN)
Crossing, 2009; Maelstrom, 2009

David Montgomery (Fernandina Beach, FL)
Erodium II, 2008; Empty Shells I, 2009

Mark Nelson (Houston, TX)
Sidewalking,2009

Relja Penezic (Los Angeles, CA)
Cargo, 2006

Alex Schlegel (Tempe, AZ)
One Hour in Phoenix, 2009

Anita Thacher (New York City, NY)
Lost/In Memoriam, 2007;Homage to Magritte, 1975; Loose Corner, 1986

Marcus Young (Saint Paul, MN)
Phases (without sound),2000

 

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