North Houston’s dynamic lifestyle hub City Place officially unveiled its newest public art installation, Invisible Music, which utilizes repurposed brass instruments to orchestrate a symphonic meditation on nature in picturesque City Place Park.The installation is free of charge and open to the public from 7am – 10pm daily through September 15.
Created by Austin-based artist and musician Steve Parker, “Invisible Music” is a large-scale, site-specific installation that includes floating musical sculptures on the “cat eye” reservoir of the main pond, which act as sound resonators against the backdrop of ever-changing musical compositions (which play every 15 minutes). Utilizing ambient music, reconfigured classical compositions and recordings of natural elements, the piece works as an invitation for viewers to listen closely to the intersection of the natural and human-made worlds. A series of interactive land-based sculptures placed in the greenspace near the pond can be activated by participants through various levers, with each playing its own unique sound.
While Parker has created numerous multi-layered social sculptures throughout the world, his City Place installation is a first for him in terms of size and its placement on water. As public art, it is a first for Texas: a large-scale sonic work that tickles the sense and sparks imagination.
City Place Park is located at 1250 Lake Plaza Dr in Spring, TX.
*Photo Credit: Nicki Evans Photo
