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On the banks of Bayou City : the Center for Land Use Interpretation in Houston

Title
On the banks of Bayou City : the Center for Land Use Interpretation in Houston / edited by Rachel Hooper and Nancy Zastudil.
Publication
Houston, Tex. : Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston : Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts at the University of Houston ; New York : Distributor, D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, [2009], ©2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Hooper, Rachel, 1980-
  • Zastudil, Nancy, 1979-
  • Blaffer Gallery.
Description
127 pages : color illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
"In January 2008, the Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI) began an intense exploration of southeast Texas as artists-in-residence with the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts. This book documents the CLUI's research and activities through full-color photographs, interviews with its members and collaborating University of Houston professors, an essay on the CLUI's methodology, a complete chronology of its projects, and a comprehensive bibliography."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Center for Land Use Interpretation
  • Landscape assessment
  • Cultural landscapes > Houston Region
  • Houston Region (Tex.) > Description and travel
Note
  • Published as a companion piece to the exhibition "Texas oil: landscape of an industry," held at the Blaffer Gallery.
  • Includes 4 fold-out pages.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-126).
Contents
Amidst a Petrochemical Wonderland: Points of View Along the Houston Ship Channel -- CLUI Opens Field Office in Houston: Gulf States Logistics Site Supports Programs in Region -- On Residence, in Place: Matthew Coolidge in conversation with Bree Edwards -- A Different Kind of Splendor: John Reed in conversation with Katherine Veneman -- Conceptual Sketches for SIMPARCH/CLUI Platform -- Collaborations and Inventions: Patrick Peters in conversation with Steven Stelzer -- All Eyes on Houston: Erik Knutzen in conversation with Erin Elder -- Panoramic Photographs of Buffalo Bayou: by Geoff Winningham and "zero - Buffalo Bayou Studio" -- Splintering Past Nonfiction: Mat Johnson in conversation with J. Kastely -- Oil: A Force of Nature and a Force of Man: Steve Rowell in conversation with Scott Barnes -- Induction and Intuition, on the Center for Land Use Interpretation's Methodology: Essay by Rachel Hooper -- The Center for Land Use Interpretation Chronology.
ISBN
  • 9780941193436
  • 0941193438
LCCN
2008049768
OCLC
  • ocn276228968
  • 276228968
  • SCSB-5465700
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries