On the Banks of Bayou City: The Center for Land Use Interpretation in Houston [Paperback]

Rachel Hooper (Editor), Nancy Zastudil (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2009

Since 1994, The Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI)--a research organization based in Culver City, California--has studied the U.S. landscape, using multidisciplinary research, information processing and interpretive tools to stimulate thought and discussion around contemporary land-use issues. During a residency at the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, the CLUI established a field station on the banks of the Buffalo Bayou, revealing aspects of the relationship between oil and the landscape in Houston that are often overlooked--even by the city's residents. The CLUI's findings are presented in this volume and a concurrent exhibition at the Blaffer Gallery, titled Texas Oil: Landscape of an Industry. The book documents the CLUI's methodology in a series of interviews and includes a photographic essay on land use in Houston featuring a panoramic, foldout section and a comprehensive chronology of the CLUI's projects and publications over the past 14 years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 131 pages
• Publisher: Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston (March 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0941193438
• ISBN-13: 978-0941193436
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,404,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)