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On Wednesday’s Houston Matters: The state s COVID-19 hospitalization rate has dropped under 4,000 its lowest number since October. Has Houston s hospitalization rate dropped too? We hear from local health officials.
Also this hour: We discuss the latest news in our weekly political roundup.
Then, Houston s annual comic convention, Comicpalooza, will be returning in July this year after having to cancel in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. It s one of a small but growing number of examples of events trying to navigate the pandemic and hoping that vaccine distribution will reduce cases to the point that everyone can enjoy their event in person if in still some limited numbers and possibly still masked. Michael Heckman of Houston First explains how they hope to pull this off.
The Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern's new exhibit "Time No Longer" will take you through an otherworldly experience of film and sound. The commissioned artwork is by renowned artist Anri Sala. It's on display now through Dec. 12, according to a press release. NEW BABY: It's a girl! Houston Zoo welcomes new baby elephant The work is considered one of Sala's most pioneering projects to date. "Time No Longer" features a film depicting a weathered.
9 vivid and eye-catching March art events no Houstonian should miss
9 vivid and eye-catching March art events no Houstonian should miss
Dragon76 mural courtesy photo The Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern world premieres Anri Sala s new immersive film project Time No Longer.
Photo by Anri Sala
James C. Watkins, “Double-Walled Basket,” 2019. Wheel thrown and hand built, fumed and low-fired clay at Center for Contemporary Craft.
Photo by James C. Watkins
Anna Mayer, “Fireful of Fear: Store These Records in a Safe Deposit Box or Other Secure Place (Kanan Dume),” 2008-2018. Wildfired ceramic at
Center for Contemporary Craft
Photo by Anna Mayer After our weird winter of discontent, spring approaches. We sense it artfully in the air because not only does March bring us some blooming new art in galleries and art centers, but outdoor installations and murals are popping up all over this month.
Time No Longer will bring out the reservoir s eerier side.
By
Gwendolyn Knapp
12/28/2020 at 6:00am
Anri Sala.
Yes, weâre right smack in the middle of the holidays, but there is reason yet to rejoice for 2021. On March 12, the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern will debut a new immersive film and sound installation,
Time No Longer, by acclaimed multimedia artist Anri Sala. It s set to run through most of the yearâuntil December 12, 2021âand it sounds incredible, and also kind of dark.Â
Guests will watch as a weathered turntable appears to eerily float in a space station with no human presence around to listen to it (suggesting, perhaps, the aftermath of a catastrophe) as 16 earthly sunrises and sunsets come and goâthe film will be projected onto a translucent, 22-by-150-foot screen inside the subterranean reservoir. The installation s soundtrack, a haunting arrangement ofÂ