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Buffalo Bayou Lighting and Public
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As part of Buffalo Bayou Partneership's public art program, Confluence: Points of View on Buffalo Bayou, internationally recognized artist Mark Dion will create a mobile unit that will serve as a workstation, laboratory, and library in the battle being waged against invasive species along Buffalo Bayou and its tributaries. The “rugged emergency response vehicle” is being designed to serve as an outreach and environmental education tool in Buffalo Bayou Partnership's efforts to restore our city's historic waterway.
Dion will create an Invasive Plant Species Eradication Unit using a modified panel truck designed and adapted to house tools, illustrations, and contemporary and historic books related to invasive plant species. Reinforcing BBP's mission to transform and revitalize Buffalo Bayou, the unit will serve as a functional work truck, a mobile herbarium, and a site for workshops, outreach demonstrations, and volunteer training.
Artist (and explorer) Mark Dion produces artwork that consistently blurs the boundaries between natural history, art and science. His works both critique and celebrate the cataloging and presentation of art, historical and natural materials, exploring themes as diverse as ecology, archeology, and political activism. Click here for more information about the artist.
Buffalo Bayou Partnership is a co-sponsor of this public art project with Houston Arts Alliance.
Stay tuned for fall 2011 activities and events in conjunction with the launch of the invasive mobile species unit.
Public Art Program Donors*
*Includes funding raised in collaboration by Buffalo Bayou Partnership and Houston Arts Alliance.
Wish List Items
The mobile unit will contain a variety of tools and equipment. We are on the lookout for used furniture, science and laboratory items which may be found in your garage!
For a full wish list for our Mark Dion project, click here.
For questions or to donate, please contact Jessalyn Ballard at jballard@buffalobayou.org or 713.752.0314 ext. 4.
