Artist: Gordon Huether (Napa, CA)
Title: Over Houston
Completion Date: December 2009
Medium: glass
Funding Source: Percent for Art – City of Houston, Houston Airport System
Location: 7800 Airport Boulevard
Council District I

Over Houston is a series of aerial photographs of Houston and the surrounding region transcribed into 48 colorful glass panels along the automated people movers leading to and from the departure gates at Hobby Airport. For travelers, this installation becomes a powerful art experience encountered as they move from one part of the airport to another, via the people mover or wide walkway. Over Houston tells a story of air travel and illuminates the unique natural and urban landscape of Houston as seen from above.

 

 

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